Red & White : American Redwork Quilts & Patterns (Volumes 1 & 2) [Hardcover] Review

This book would make a lovely gift for anybody interested in textile arts, even for someone with little or no quilting or embroidery experience.The presentation is lovely -- two nicely bound, wonderfully illustrated books nestled inside a snug cardboard jacket.One book features a short discussion of redwork embroidery along with illustrations of exquisitely executed quilts.The other supplies brief instructions (perhaps too brief -- especially the section on transferring the patterns)and a lovely collection of redwork patterns so that readers can create their own redwork quilt.My only quarrel with the book is that a beginner (like me!) might not feel confident with the brief instructions.However, a quick trip to the fabric store to talk to a knowledgable salesperson should dispel any doubts.Despite this small problem, I give the book 5+ stars -- it was great fun to browse through, then to read intently , then to pore over as I selected possible designs for my very first quilt!

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Red & White: American Redwork Quilts and Patterns isthe most comprehensive look at redwork available. Redwork, a type ofneedlework popular during the late nineteenth and early twentiethcenturies, is once again the hottest trend in the quilting world. Inthis two-volume, heavily-illustrated work, best-selling author DeborahHarding traces pattern sources and design inspirations for antiquequilts with original catalog offers and period advertisements to helpcollectors identify, date, and document their own quilts. Blocks ontwenty antique quilts are analyzed in detail. In the accompanyingpattern book, 100 actual-size patterns and detailed instructionsenable readers to create their own redwork quilts and linens.
"Red & White... is a testimonial to the prodigious research conducted by author Deborah Harding. This excellent book's publication, occurring during a time of ever-increasing fascination with the old time needleart redwork, will be welcomed by many, including quiltmakers, quilt historians, quilt collectors, textile experts, appraisers, antique dealers, art historians, and designers."
--Cuesta Benberry
"Red & White... is the first book to explore redwork quilts in a systematic manner. This book is a must for anyone specifically interested in American quilt history and more generally in American textile history and culture."
--Lee Kogan, Museum of American Folk Art, New York
"As one who loves embroidery, I have discovered that Deborah Harding's Red & White is a treasure! Each of the 100 actual-size patterns is its own little piece of Americana-and all it takes to recreate them is one basic stitch."
--Julie Nixon Eisenhower
"At last-a fascinating book that explores the patterns, sources, and methods of creating those enchanting, figural redwork embroidery quilts. How helpful to have such a delightfully written and comprehensive reference work for this increasingly popular collecting area."
--Laura Fisher, Antique Quilts & Americana, New York

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