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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.


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.

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A Flowering of Quilts
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
Beginning Quilting Kit.

$12.75/$11.47 members

Kit includes fabric, batting, stuffing, needle, thread, and instructions. (Ages 9-99)

Quilts and quiltmakers
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
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.


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


Quilt Counting, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome.
$15.95/$14.35 members (cloth)

Count from 1 to 10, and 10 to 1, in this rhyming story about an appliqué quilt. Bright paintings accompany the story.


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.


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.

 


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