Quilts: A Living Tradition

by Robert Shaw

Examines how quilts and quilting have evolved from the eighteenth century to the present, and displays photographs of traditional and contemporary quilts, as well as those from the Amish, African American, Hawaiian, and Native American traditions

Genres: Quilting, Nonfiction

312 pages, Hardcover

First published August 25, 1998

Reviews

[Candy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent! Worth reading and studying. I didn't believe everything I read, but looking at the publication date gives context.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

the introductory chapter is fantastic. i thoroughly enjoyed his discussion of quilts as a democratic art form. but that wasn't all...
the introduction to this book helped me to remember that in somewhere among all the disgustingness that is america (consumer culture, the tea party, rhinestone studded cellphones, ed hardy shirts, and on and on...) there's also an america of walt whitman and john dewey and quilts and woodworking and taking pleasure in a simple, domestic life.
the rest of the book is good. shaw covers a wide variety of groups that make quilts, the japanese, the amish, hawaiian, and african-american quilts as well as art quilts. the chapters are all well done. however, the author often spoke about quilts that were not pictured in the book--which was a bit frustrating.

[Elyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most beautiful book cover ever!