Library Guides: History and Techniques of Quilting
Developed by
Kathie Lewis
August 2002
Book Collection |Internet Sites| Quilt Articles|Quilt Catalogs |Quilt Guilds | Quilt Magazines |
History of Quilting
all history of quilting books are kept
in the Reserve section with overnight checkout
American Quilts, Quilting and
Patchwork © 1974 call number: 0
764.97.H477 in Reserve section
America's Glorious Quilts © 1987 call
number: 746.97 in Reserve section
The Art of the Quilt © 2001
call number: 746.46 M37
in Reserve section
Civil War Women: Their Quilts, Their Roles, Activities
for Re-Enactors © 2000 call number: 973.7085
B797 in Reserve Section
Fabulous Fabrics of the 50's: and other terrific
textiles of the 20's, 30's, and 40's © 1992
call number: 677 B743 in Reserve Section
Quilt Designs from the Thirties © 1988
call number: 746.97 N439
in Reserve section
The Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated © 1991
call number: 746.9 H835 in Reserve section
Quilts: A Living Tradition call number:
746.46 S535 in Reserve section
Quilting Techniques
all books that demonstrate quilting
techniques are in the circulating collection with a 2 week checkout
Color Magic for Quilters ©1997
call number: 746.46041 S452
The Complete Idiot's guide to Quilting
©1998 call number: 746.46 E33
Crazy Quilts by Machine ©2000
call number : 746.46041 M624
The Encyclopedia of Quilting and Patchwork Techniques:
a comprehensive visual guide to traditional and contemporary techniques
©2002 call number:746.9 G935
Innovative Piecing ©2000
call number: O 746.46041 R685
Treasury of Crazy Quilt Stitches ©1999
call number: 746.44041 S192
History
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Patches from the Past - Scraps of history about women and their quilts
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America's Quilting History - This site also talks about types of quilts in American History
Gateways
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World Wide Quilting Page - This site has quilting techniques, glossary of terms, diagrams and directions for quilt blocks, a collection of foundations for paper piecing and more.
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Quilting About.com - A lot of information about all aspects of quilting. Be sure to checkout the "Resources Here for Quilters" link.
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Quilter's Newsletter - This site is mostly to sell subscriptions but if you look on the right-hand side of the screen you will see links to quilt contests and quilt shows. They are very comprehensive.
Fabrics
COS Library is not endorsing or guarantying these sites!
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The Unique Spool - A fabric store in Vacaville, California that sells ethnic fabrics online
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eQuilter.com - This company carries several lines of fabrics, including batiks.
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International Fabric Collection - Fabrics from around the world, including Guatemala, France, Africa
INDEXES, PERIODICALS
and NEWSPAPERS
The COS Library subscribes to over 450 periodicals, newspapers and indexes that are located in the Periodicals Room. These
alphabetical and
subject web pages list what the library currently subscribes to.
Indexes
Reader’s Guide To
Periodical Literature (paper index)– located in the Periodicals Room.
Indexes approximately 200 magazines of which the COS Library owns 98 %.
Art Index (paper index)- located in the Periodicals Room. Indexes
approximately 200 magazines/journals, many of which the COS Library does not
own. However, we can inter library copies of articles from Fresno State Library.
It takes about a week
Periodicals
Periodical
Online Databases - This page provides links to
the databases listed below that
the library subscribes to over the Internet.
These databases can be
accessed on campus through the COS Library Web Site and with the exception of
Lexis/Nexis at home. To access from
home each database requires a login and password that you can obtain by picking up the Electronic Resources Handout at the library information
desk or by calling the library at 730-3824.
- InfoTrac - After typing in your subject in the search box choose narrow by subdivision. Look at subdivisions under history, forecasts, management, political aspects and others that are relevant to your topic. Subject Headings quilts, quilting, textiles.
- SIRS ( Social Issues Resource Series)
- Academic Abstracts
- Lexis/Nexis
- CQ Researcher
- Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
Keepsake Quilting -
1 800 865 9458
Connecting Threads
- 1 800 574 6454
Quilts and other Comforts -
1 800 881 6624
Better Homes and Gardens Quilting Catalog - 1 800 709 7000
Hancocks of Paducah - 1
800 845 8723
Tulare - Valley Oak Quilt Guild
2nd Thursday, monthly, 9:30 - 12
noon
Tulare Intern'l Agri-center, Social Hall,
4450 Laspina
Mail: PO Box 1093, Tulare, CA 93275
Lemoore - Common Threads Quilt Guild
1st Thursday, monthly, 7 - 9 p.m.,
Lemoore Sr. Citizen
Mail: Anna Kowlewyn, 575 Encore Dr., Hanford, CA
93230
Dinuba - Kings River Quilt Guild
2nd Saturday, monthly, 10 a.m.
Dinuba Sr. Center
559-638-8624
Fresno - San Joaquin Valley Quilters Guild
2nd Thursday, monthly, 7 p.m.
Cross Church Fellowship Hall, 4545 N. Palm,
Fresno
Rebecca 559-323-7728
American Quilter -
270 898 7903, Quarterly, $18 per year This site also
links to other quilting magazines
Better Homes and Gardens American Patchwork and Quilting
1 800 677 4876, Bimonthly, $29.97
McCall's Quilting
- 1 800 827 0374, bimonthly, $19.88
Quilter's
Newsletter - 1 800 477 6089, 10 issues per year,
$23.97
Australian Patchwork and Quilting - go to web site to order,
monthly, approximately $71, Thimble Town in Visalia sells this
magazine individually
The Quilter's
Magazine - Subscribe at site 1 year, 7 issues, $19.97
Vintage
Quilts - Only comes out Spring and Fall, $5.99 per issue,
1-800-590-3465
This page was last updated:
November 13, 2006
For questions and comments, please mail to:
kathiel@cos.edu
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