A Flowering of Quilts, edited
by Patricia Cox Crews.
$35/$31.50 members (cloth)
Fifty-three quilts from the Ardis and Robert
James Collection of the International Quilt Study Center at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Beginning Quilting Kit.
$12.75/$11.47 members
Kit includes fabric, batting, stuffing,
needle, thread, and instructions. (Ages 9-99)
Nebraska Quilts & Quiltmakers,
edited by Patricia Cox Crews and Ronald C. Naugle.
$35/$31.50 members (paper)
Features 103 quilts from the Nebraska Quilt
Project survey, with descriptions of quilts and biographical
sketches of the quiltmakers.
No Time on My Hands, by Grace
Snyder as told to Nellie Snyder Yost, foreword and epilogue by
Nellie Snyder Yost.
$19.95/$17.95 members (paper)
The story of Grace Snyder's life homesteading
in Nebraska. Grace Snyder adapted the quilt pattern featured
on the cover from a china plate design. The quilt contains 85,789
pieces and 5,400 yards of thread. The basket of flowers pattern
alone comprises more than 3,000 pieces.
Pin Cushions
$22.50/$20.25 members
These pretty, one of a kind, pin cushions
are handcrafted by a Nebraska artist. Pin cushion colors
vary and include three colorful beaded pins with each cushion.
Quilt Alphabet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James. E.
Ransome.
$6.95/$6.25 members (paper)
Each letter has a riddle-poem and a country
life painting. Vibrantly colorful illustrations
The Quilt-Block History of Pioneer Days:
With Projects Kids Can Make,
by Mary Cobb, illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis.
$8.95/$8.05 members (paper)
The book presents the history of American
pioneers through the quilts they made. Easy papercraft projects
without sewing a single stitch.
See and Sew: A Sewing Book for Children,
by Tina Davis.
$19.95/$17.95 members (cloth)
A gift made by your hands is always a treasured
gift. The book focuses on starting your own sewing basket
(or box), basic sewing stitches, learning about fabric, yardage,
and using a thimble.
Story Quilt Kit.
$20/$18 members
A way to preserve your stories and art.
Includes: 12" finished quilted wall hanging with 8"
blank center design area; instructions; fabric crayons and pencil;
paper cut to fit design area; rod for hanging. Fabric varies.