A collection of 500 international art quilts.

Celebrates the powerful stories behind quilt-making from three perspectives: records of history, symbols of family/community, and works of art. Works from major American quilt shows in Paducah, Kentucky, and Houston.

The quilt designs of Kumiko Sudo are well known both in Japan and the United States. Trained as an artist and fashion designer, Kumiko has chosen the art of quiltmaking as the medium in which to express her life work. Taking inspiration from her everyday life, inβuenced by both Eastern and Western cultures, she states, "My designs are just me. I design patterns consisting of shapes that have grace, rhythm, and movement." In this inspirational book...

Edited by noted quilt scholars Carolyn O'Bagy Davis and Helen Young Frost, this book documents the exhibit of quilts created for the celebration of Arizona's 100 years of statehood. Quilters from around the state, ranging from 11 to 87 years of age, responded to the call for quilts. Their entries depict all aspects of the state: from cattle ranching to cotton farming; desert landscapes to the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley; Navajo rug weavings...