Hawaiian Quilt Masterpieces

By Robert Shaw

In a land where the warmth afforded by a wool- or cotton-filled quilt is anything but a necessity, quiltmaking takes on an entirely new and different meaning. Bringing elements of their Polynesian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789399636
• ISBN13: 9780789399632
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Universe
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 0.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

What is on your coffee table?

As with any skill or art, one should be surrounded by technical books telling them the ins and outs of how to excel in their skill. It is also a good idea to start with kids' books for simple instructions and eventually go to specialty bookstores to track down those elusive out-of-print books by masters of the craft that speak to us from the past. "Hawaiian Quilt Masterpieces" is not one of these books. However, it does make a good coffee-table book that has some great pictures of 48 historic and contemporary quilts, all in color, and describes what makes Hawaiian quilts unique. I find myself periodically going back and rereading their interesting stories. Now that I reflect on this book, I realize that the history of quilting is as important, if not more important than a how-to.