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The reader's shelf: when life gives you scraps, make a quilt.(Bibliography)
Quilts have been around for centuries, but no country has done as much to develop the craft as the United States. Ladies stitched quilts in Colonial times, took quilting with them as America expanded westward, and even used quilts as signals to guide slaves along the Underground Railroad. Quilting bees were a popular social activity in the 1930s and 1940s as homemakers were forced to "make do" with fabric scraps. Today, quilting has grown into a respected art form and a popular creative outlet for thousands. The following titles explore the world of quilters and quilting in fictional form.
Perhaps the best-selling quilting novel of all time, Whitney Otto's HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT (Ballantine. 1992. ISBN 0-345-37080-5. pap. $6.99), follows the …
