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Quilting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time
Quilting for Peace Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time
Author: Katherine Bell
As crafters of all ages take to their sewing machines in unprecedented numbers, many of them join a movement to distribute hope and warmth to those in need through quilting. These are volunteers who have inherited a tradition of comfort and protest, and a belief that they can make the world a better place one stitich at a time. Quilting for P...  more », the follow-up to STC’s Knitting for Peace, profiles these quilters in more than 25 essays about individuals and organizations devoted to making quilts and other necessities for the needy. The efforts range from Newborns in Need, a group that makes clothing for premature babies at nearby hospitals; to Quilts of Valor, which makes quilts to honor wounded soldiers; to the Sleeping Bag Project, which distributes 100,000 homemade sleeping bags to the homeless every year. This timely book also includes 15 projects and guidelines for quilters who want to contribute to an existing effort or establish a new one.
ISBN-13: 9781584798040
ISBN-10: 1584798041
Publication Date: 10/1/2009
Pages: 136
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Publisher: STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Book Type: Hardcover
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