Publication
and Closure: Publish reports
in
a book
as
an exhibit catalog
as
exhibit labels
as
family history
as
an oral report
Assessment:
gaps in knowledge may not be filled in, but some new information should have
been
found
by comparisons with other quilts and by the interviews.
Resources
Online:
https://www.quilthistory.com/
The Quilt Heritage Listserv has a list of book resources, a listserv to
join,
archives of discussions andother topics on quilt history.
https://www.womenfolk.com/grandmothers/qhlinks.htm
Quilt History Links is a treasure trove of
links
to articles about quilts, women and quilts, quilt museum sites, quilt pattern
history, and quilt
history
book lists.
https://quilt.com/Blocks/AlphaBlockList.html
Quilt Block Patterns in Alphabetical Order from
theWorld
wide Quilting Page. Each block name link takes you to directions for cutting
and piecing
the
block, with diagrams.
Naomin
Parkhurst's Quilt Block page; https://ils.unc.edu/~parkn/quilt/ She is
a University of North
Carolina
student; this page is a data base of alphabetical, visual, thematic and units
blocks. Colorful
graphic
of each block. Site contains links to other quilt history sites.
https://quilt.com/HowTo/SettingsPage.html
with colorful graphics, this World Wide Quilting section
shows
the different types of settings that blocks can be organized in. it has a Coloring
Book section,
in
which you print out a block and design your color scheme.
Book Resources
Brackman,
Barbara. Clues in the Calico. Howell Press, 1989. Out of print, but an
important author-
ity.
Brackman,
Barbara. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. American Quilter's Society,
1993.
Definitive
book for identifying quilt block patterns; organized by type of block; source
of name and
dates
given. Hardcover or ring binder.
Trestain,
Ellen. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide, 1800-1960. Collector Books, 1998.
Mellor,
Susan. Textile Designs : Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns
for Printed
Fabrics
Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period. 1,823 Illustrations
in Color. 1991.
Shih,
Joy. Forties Fabrics. 1997.
Personal
Resource: A quilter from your local guild or quilt store.