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Title: Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns by Barbara Brackman ISBN: 0891458158 Publisher: American Quilters Society Pub. Date: August, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38
Rating: 3
Summary: Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Comment: This book only shows how to identify the type of block and known names. It does not tell any history, except where the name came from (like a publication). I was hoping this would be about the folklore associated with the block names (like what Kansas Troubles and Bachelor's Puzzle mean). Although I know the stories collected about quilt blocks would be purely speculation, it would be fun to read a book about collected histories.
Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly what I was looking for!
Comment: I have wanted this book ever since i heard of its existance, because i can't even count how many times i've found myself in the position of trying to describe a quilt pattern that I *know* has a recognizable name that i just can't remember, or wanting to look up patterns by name for one reason or another (for example: "Hrm, i wonder if there are any quilt patterns with Tennessee in the name, something like a Tennessee Star...?")
It is pretty much exactly what i imagined it to be, a compendium of as many patterns as the author could track down (over 4000 total), sorted using a grouping system that makes it pretty easy to look up a pattern to find its name if you know what the block looks like but not what it's called. I imagine it would be a valuable resource for museum curators, quilt collectors, and quilt scholars, in terms of identifying antique quilts or writing about them, and also perhaps for instructors. If you are looking for actual patterns, you won't find them here; it does not provide templates or any piecing instructions. It is not a how-to book, but more of a reference book.
The patterns are depicted in small black-and-white drawings, so that several can fit on a page, and they are shaded to show how they are traditionally pieced using lights and darks, if applicable. Brackman lists each pattern and the name(s) by which it is known, along with the earliest known source mentioning the pattern by name. It's interesting to see how "old" some of the patterns we think of as "traditional" really are! (A lot that i thought went back a couple hundred years actually cropped up in the 1930s, according to this book!) The book covers up to as recent as the 1970s.
Another amusing note: The author, Barbara Brackman, is--no surprise--a serious quilt scholar, but was also involved in that "The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue" project, with the quilt blocks depicting Sunbonnet Sue dying in horrible ways....
Rating: 3
Summary: A priceless compendium of patterns, but nothing is in color
Comment: I have mixed feelings about this book. The collection of patterns is priceless if you're seeking a specific, obscure pattern difficult to find elsewhere. Unfortunately, however, nothing is shown in color (or with clearly delineated components), so I couldn't visualize how they'd look as quilts. I, myself, much prefer BH&G's _501 Quilt Blocks_, which shows each in color (gorgeous!), along with a block clearly showing each segment, and directions for assembling it. That one is so gorgeous (it just arrived) that I'm about to see if I can buy it in hardcover; it sparks my creativity whenever I look at it. If this (the Bannister book) had included color photos, I would be wildly enthusiastic about it -- but the tiny black and white blocks seem very uninspiring, with no hint how they might look good, tips toward assembling them, etc. I'm returning my copy; it just cost too much and takes up too much room for something this plebeian. However, if you're just seeking basic sketches of obscure old blocks, you'll adore this one -- which is obviously a million times more complete than the BH&G book I just raved about (or any other book I've ever heard of, for that matter).
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Title: Carrie Hall Blocks: Over 800 Historical Patterns from the College of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas by Bettina Havig, Carrie A. Hall, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art ISBN: 1574327011 Publisher: Collector Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Applique by Barbara Brackman ISBN: 0939009757 Publisher: Howell Pr Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: 849 Traditional Patchwork Patterns : A Pictorial Handbook by Susan Winter Mills ISBN: 0486260038 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960 by Eileen Trestain ISBN: 0891458840 Publisher: Collector Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Quilts from the Civil War: Nine Projects, Historic Notes, Diary Entries by Barbara Brackman, Kandy Petersen, Liz Aneloski ISBN: 1571200339 Publisher: C & T Pub Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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