Enduring Grace: Quilts from the Shelburne Museum Collection
"Enduring Grace" Quilts from the Shelburne Museum Collection" by Celia Oliver with Froncie Quinn is a wonderful book divided essentially into three sections - historical research, quilts from the museum, and five patterns from the museum collection.
Here's an image of the book:
The first section of the book concerns the founder of the Shelburne Museum, Ms. Electra Fabemeyer Webb. Ms. Webb's passion for collecting make the rest of the book possible. It was her actions that made this museum and its massive collection of quilts, textiles, costumes and so many other decorative items available.
Ms. Oliver continues her book by including so much information in the section "American Quilts in the Home". This is the section that history and quilting buffs will treasure. Chapter headings such as "Textiles in Colonial America", "The Emergence of Block Set Patterns in American Quilts" and "The New Century" are among the 13 chapter titles. This historical perspective is a great read and filled with so many beautiful images of quilts, tables, drawings and other evocative images that help present the subject matter. Details are never left out.
I've just realized that for some reason, my book always opens to the Whole Cloth Petticoat Quilt, Serpentine Rose and Vine Pattern, circa 1780-1800. And this is just one beautiful image among hundreds that appear throughout this book.
Like in it's next section, which I know quilters will love. There are about four dozen images from the Shelburne Museum's quilt collection. Each image is in full colour and includes details particular to each piece. The images are grouped by date and span 1780 to 1950. So many stunning quilts.
But then there's still more!
Froncie Quinn has created five patterns from quilts in the museum collection. The patterns include wonderful instructions, supply information, notes, images and details on how to recreate each quilt. I think this is a great addition to the book and really gets you involved in the collection.
So, a wonderful book stuffed with information and activities. I really think you'll like this one, I've re-read it many times.
Best,
Fiona
Here's an image of the book:
The first section of the book concerns the founder of the Shelburne Museum, Ms. Electra Fabemeyer Webb. Ms. Webb's passion for collecting make the rest of the book possible. It was her actions that made this museum and its massive collection of quilts, textiles, costumes and so many other decorative items available.
Ms. Oliver continues her book by including so much information in the section "American Quilts in the Home". This is the section that history and quilting buffs will treasure. Chapter headings such as "Textiles in Colonial America", "The Emergence of Block Set Patterns in American Quilts" and "The New Century" are among the 13 chapter titles. This historical perspective is a great read and filled with so many beautiful images of quilts, tables, drawings and other evocative images that help present the subject matter. Details are never left out.
I've just realized that for some reason, my book always opens to the Whole Cloth Petticoat Quilt, Serpentine Rose and Vine Pattern, circa 1780-1800. And this is just one beautiful image among hundreds that appear throughout this book.
Like in it's next section, which I know quilters will love. There are about four dozen images from the Shelburne Museum's quilt collection. Each image is in full colour and includes details particular to each piece. The images are grouped by date and span 1780 to 1950. So many stunning quilts.
But then there's still more!
Froncie Quinn has created five patterns from quilts in the museum collection. The patterns include wonderful instructions, supply information, notes, images and details on how to recreate each quilt. I think this is a great addition to the book and really gets you involved in the collection.
So, a wonderful book stuffed with information and activities. I really think you'll like this one, I've re-read it many times.
Best,
Fiona
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