Quilts of America Author:Erica Wilson Erica Wilson has drawn together the talents of America's quilters into one volume -- at once an encyclopedia of techniques and patterns and a collector's item. The wealth of talent represented in the 10,000 entries of the Great Quilt Contest forms the basis of Ms. Wilson's newest success and gives her quilt book a dimension not... more » found in any other book on the subject.
Fifty-one winning quilts - one from each state plus the District of Columbia -- are featured in full color. There are quilts from the coast with sun patterns; quilts from the central states boasting mountain ranges, clear skies, and majestic trees; city quilts with factories; quilts inspired by the history of a town, and quilts created from children's drawings.
Ms. Wilson brings her enormous knowledge and readable style to tracing the history of quilting in America, while treating the reader to beautiful full-color photographs of masterpieces from our past.« less