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The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.460973
EAN: 9780152021078
ISBN: 0152021078
Label: Voyager Books
Manufacturer: Voyager Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 40
Publication Date: February 28, 2000
Publisher: Voyager Books
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Voyager Books
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Editorial Review:
There are few heirlooms more treasured, or useful, than a handmade quilt. At its best, a fine quilt is a visual feast of color and pattern, not to mention an all-around great thing to wrap up in on a cold day. Ann Whitford Paul aims to inspire a new generation of quilting artists with her book The Seasons Sewn, which is one part pattern book and one part storybook. Taking the name of 24 classic quilt patterns as a starting point, she has fashioned stories that explain how the names might have come about. Each story is accompanied by photographs of the pattern and an illustration of Paul's story. The illustrations, by Michael McCurdy, are a triumph.
"So beautiful and so filled with real archetypal patterns that it could easily make quilt lovers, if not quilt makers, of us all."--The New York Times Book Review "Stunning visual patchwork. . . . A commanding vision of American history."--Publishers Weekly A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year Smithsonian Magazine
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Rating: - The Seasons Sewn
This is an unusually handsome children's book with exquisite illustrations depicting life in the nineteenth century throughout the four seasons.
The author does a very good job in describing the trials, traditions and events of this time period while explaining the origins of 24 different quilt block patterns. It is a beautiful and informative book.
I would have to disagree with the rating of this book at a reading level of ages 4-8. It would indeed be a precocious 4 year old that ... Read More
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