*Encyclopedia of Applique
The demand for this out-of-print index to appliqued blocks was so high that we have republished it with a new introduction and a lot more color. C&T Publishing. 2009.
For more information go to the C&T Publishing website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page after you click here: CTpub.com
*Flora Botanica: Quilts from the Spencer Museum of Art
This catalog of 27 quilts from the collection at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas features terrific photos of the antique quilts with my perspective on the sources and symbolism in floral pattern. Quilts range in age from the late 18th century to the recent past with patterns for five projects based on the antique quilts. To see more about the book and take a peek at the pattern pages click here: Pickledish.com.
*Lost Quilt Masterpieces Calendar
This 16-month calendar will entertain you and your friends until April 2010. Each month features a classic painting with added images such as sewing machines, stacks of fabric and quilts.
The cover features a previously unknown painting by Botticelli, "Still Too Cold for Swimming," the March lost masterpiece. Also included is a simple "Paint Box" pattern - an abstraction inspired by colors and pattern in Gustav Klimt's painting "The Kiss".
Stitchin Heaven's website calls it "Just too cute...a must have."
Order it wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at www.Pickledish.com Or contact Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777.
*Lost Quilt Masterpieces Notecards New!
A Silly Collection of 12 Notecards and Envelopes. I've taken six masterpiece paintings and added something quilty---well, to be honest---It's five masterpiece paintings and the classic "Dogs Playing Poker". They are now at a quilting bee.
Entertain your penpals with these cards available from Star Books.
Pickledish.com.
*Quilts From the Civil War
Quilts and their makers are an integral part of the story about this incredible period of American history. The book offers reproduction projects and a rarely discussed perspective from half of those who lived through it-the women of the North and South.
C&T Publishing and I have been working to create digital clubs and books. Quilts from the Civil War has been out of print for several years. Print copies are fetching high prices but the book is now available to download for $14.99 (a new price reduction!)
For more information click here:
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You can buy a digital copy now using your PayPal account by clicking here:
*Carrie Hall's Sampler
I selected favorite designs featured in the 1935 classic book by Carrie Hall and Rose Kretsinger, The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America for "Carrie Hall's Sampler." The quilt combines traditional appliqué blocks and pieced accents into a stunning sampler.
The updated quilt was a Block-of-the-Month quilt for the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild and the book features design interpretations stitched by guild members.
(48 pages, $14.95)
From Kansas City Star books.
Click here: Carrie Hall's Sampler.
The Lincoln Museum Quilt: A Reproduction for Abe's Frontier Family
Celebrate Lincoln's 200th Birthday Year in 2009 with a reproduction quilt like the one at the Abraham Lincoln Museum.
This small pattern book by Barbara Brackman and Deb Rowden features a star quilt they designed and made just for Abe's boyhood bed in the cabin exhibit at the Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
(Softcover 9 x 11, 16 pages.)
From Kansas City Star books, 2008. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at (816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777. Click here: PickleDish.com
Visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum online by clicking here: Lincoln Museum
America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890
The fabrics and quilts of the 19th century are thoroughly detailed in this quilting guide filled with projects that will delight quilters of all skill levels. Included are eight projects that were inspired by antique quilts but made with today's reproduction fabrics.
Take a tour through more than a century of American fabrics, quilts, photos, diary entries, and letters.
In print. C&T Publishing, 2004.
BlockBase (software from Electric Quilt)
The CD-ROM Version of my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns has thousands of patterns published from 1836-1970 ready to print as templates, rotary cutting or paper piecing designs.
Find a block - click on it - choose Print - type the pattern size you want.
For PC computers. Available from Electric Quilt. Click here for more information: Electric Quilt
Borderland in Butternut and Blue
This book collects the Kansas City Star block-of-the-month designs for 2007 into a beautiful publication with 13 pieced patterns that recall the lives of women who lived through the terrible years of the border wars. The chapters present a woman's viewpoint on slavery, Bleeding Kansas and events such as Quantrill's Raid and Order Number Eleven.
From Kansas City Star books, 2007. In Print. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail from Kansas City Star Books at www.pickledish.com Or contact Kansas City Star Books (816)234 - 4402. or (816)234 - 4777.
Civil War Women
This book, published in the year 2000, is out-of-print but you can buy a digital copy for $14.99 by clicking on the button. The book focuses on nine American women who lived during the turbulent Civil War era, matching each woman to a quilt that she might have made herself.
Includes nine projects adapted from period quilts, with patterns and instructions. Click on the picture to read more about it.
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Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
A comprehensive index to pieced patterns with sketches of more than 4000 pieced quilt patterns, derived from printed sources published between 1830 and 1970. Each design is numbered and illustrated in a line drawing and keyed to name and citation for first-known published source. This is the standard for quilt block identification.
In Print. AmericanQuilter.com (800) 626-5420
Facts & Fabrications: Unraveling the Story of Quilts and Slavery
In response to questions about the accuracy of tales of quilts and the Underground Railroad I wrote a book offering a sampler quilt with an accurate history of American slavery. Included are patterns for twenty quilt blocks symbolizing twenty chapters in the story from Africa to Reconstruction. Each is accompanied by first-person accounts and remarkable illustrations.
Testimonials:
"For all those interested in quilts and slavery, THIS is the publication to get." Marsha MacDowell, Curator of Folk Arts & Professor of Art & Art History, Michigan State University
"Brackman skillfully assembles accurate historical evidence along with beautiful quilt examples infused with slave-era symbolism." Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Historian, writer, quilter.
C&T Publishing, 2006
Kansas Quilts & Quilters
Written with Jennie A. Chinn, Gayle R. Davis, Terry Thompson, Sara Reimer Farley, Nancy Hornback
The findings of the Kansas Quilt Project collected into a book that gives the history, not only of Kansas quilts, but of quiltmaking in general. The authors, each an expert in her field, focus on specific types of quilts and fabrics, such as red-and-green appliqué quilts and conversation prints; regional and ethnic quiltmaking communities, including Mennonites, African-Americans, and an unusually prolific and talented group of quilters in Emporia a half-century ago; plus present-day quilting groups.
Featuring 165 photographs, 68 in full-color, this volume is a visually rich mosaic that illuminates the enduring community of quiltmakers in Kansas and chronicles its relation to the historical and cultural heritage of the state. In print. From the University Press of Kansas, 1993.
Prairie Flower: A Year on the Plains
This book collects the Kansas City Star block-of-the-month designs for 2001. Included are 12 original applique patterns, plus three unique border patterns.
See the prairie through the eyes of the pioneer women who lovingly wrote of the flowers they found there. A wonderful blend of instruction and history!
From Kansas City Star books, 2001. This book can be ordered wholesale or retail by clicking here Kansas City Star Books Or call(816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777.
Women of Design: Quilts in the Newspaper
This 2004 Kansas City Star block-of-the-month quilt pays homage to earlier quilt patterns and the women - and one man - who designed them. The book includes new patterns in the style of the originals published in the Star and other regional newspapers between 1928 and 1961. It's an introduction to the history of twentieth century quilt patterns and a beautiful sampler quilt.
From Kansas City Star Books, 2004. Order it wholesale or retail by clicking here: PickleDish.com. Or call (816)234 - 4402 or (816)234 - 4777.
Create Your Family Quilt
This combination book and design CD collects hundreds of patterns named for the states and includes original designs for state flowers, birds and trees. Celebrate your family heritage by making a family quilt representing the places you've lived and loved. From the Electric Quilt Company, 2001. Out of Print