Community Quilts: How to Organize, Design & Make a Group Quilt

by Vicki Skemp and Karol Kavaya

Book Overview

As these avid quilters discuss their motivation for joining in, they offer a beautiful how-to handbook so others can share the same joy. "The beauty of these quilts is mindblowing." Library Journal.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579901816
• ISBN13: 9781579901813
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A BEAUTIFUL BOOK

Although I am a "child of the city", I must say that this elegant book gives me some pause. Not in this lifetime, but perhaps in the next, I will be fortunate enough to find myself among such lovely people doing such lovely things. See for yourself!

Strength is in the sharing of a sense of community.

While the "how-to" part of this book is important and useful, I especially like the sense of community that is communicated by the numerous quotes. (I would have enjoyed even more quotes.) The photographs in the book are beautiful, and the quality of the paper (it's nice and heavy) ensures that the book can withstand lots of use.

Community Quilts

This unique book records 25 years of quilting by a special group of women who live in a close knit community in rural North Carolina. These quilts were made for friends and neighbors, births and anniversarys, marriages and moving away. They are works of art. CQ gives much insight into the planning and production of these quilts and the recipients pleasure in receiving them. If you are interested in knowing just how to put a quilt together, this book will help you step by step. The group actually made a quilt to demonstrate for the book. The quilt will be donated to raise money for a new county library. The beautiful color photos and heartwarming stories make this book very appealing to quilters and others alike.