Alabama Quilts

Release on 2020-11-032020-11-03 by Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff

Author: Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

ISBN: 9781496831439

Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Page: 256

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Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682–1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory through the Second World War—a period of 268 years. The quilts are examined for their cultural context—that is, within the community and time in which they were made, the lives of the makers, and the events for which they were made. Starting as far back as 1682, with a fragment that research indicates could possibly be the oldest quilt in America, the volume covers quilting in Alabama up through 1950. There are seven sections in the book to represent each time period of quilting in Alabama, and each section discusses the particular factors that influenced the appearance of the quilts, such as migration and population patterns, socioeconomic conditions, political climate, lifestyle paradigms, and historic events. Interwoven in this narrative are the stories of individuals associated with certain quilts, as recorded on quilt documentation forms. The book also includes over 265 beautiful photographs of the quilts and their intricate details. To make this book possible, authors Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and Carole Ann King worked with libraries, historic homes, museums, and quilt guilds around the state of Alabama, spending days on formal quilt documentation, while also holding lectures across the state and informal “quilt sharings.” The efforts of the authors involved so many community people—from historians, preservationists, librarians, textile historians, local historians, museum curators, and genealogists to quilt guild members, quilt shop owners, and quilt owners—making Alabama Quilts not only a celebration of the quilting culture within the state but also the many enthusiasts who have played a role in creating and sustaining this important art.

Crafts & Hobbies

Language: en
Pages: 256

Alabama Quilts

Authors: Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff, Carole Ann King

Categories: Crafts & Hobbies

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-03 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Language: en
Pages:

Let's Quilt Our Alabama County

Authors: Carole Marsh

Categories: Crafts & Hobbies

Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Carole Marsh Books

Books about Let's Quilt Our Alabama County

Language: en
Pages:

Let's Quilt Alabama and Stuff It Topographically!

Authors: Carole Marsh

Categories: Crafts & Hobbies

Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Carole Marsh Books

Books about Let's Quilt Alabama and Stuff It Topographically!

Language: en
Pages: 190

The Quilts of Gee's Bend

Authors: John Beardsley, William Arnett, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Paul Arnett, Jane Livingston, Alvia Wardlaw

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Tinwood Books

Relates the lives of the women of Gee's Bend, Alabama, who for more than 150 years have made quilts reflecting their history and daily lives. Having worked in isolation for generations and continuing to inhabit the remote plantation land their parents once slaved, they have received unexpected attention from the

Language: en
Pages:

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters

Authors: John Beardsley, William Arnett, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Paul Arnett, Jane Livingston, Alvia Wardlaw

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Books about Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters