Pat N. (patmat) reviewed The Quilt That Walked to Golden : Women and Quilts in the Mountain West--From the Overland Trail to Contemporary Colorado on + 175 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
NIce stories about some of the pioneering women and quilts. Not sure why, but it just came up a little short in holding my interest. Nice to have from the library, but glad I did not order it from Amazon and pay for it.
Meghan P. (CompulsiveBookBuyer) reviewed The Quilt That Walked to Golden : Women and Quilts in the Mountain West--From the Overland Trail to Contemporary Colorado on + 42 more book reviews
I wrote this review for Amazon:
I read this book in about 24 hours - it is a wonderful book. It has a lot of history regarding the pioneer women and the quilting traditions they brought with them from their home states. The history alone would have made this book worth the read and worth owning, but the pictures alone would make this book a must have! There are dozens of color and black and white pictures - single quilts take up an entire page in full color through out the book.
A basic knowledge of quilting terms is needed in order to understand everything that is written. Unfortunately, a lot of the quilts that are written about specifically are not pictured, but the quilts that are pictured make up for that small disappointment.
I read this book in about 24 hours - it is a wonderful book. It has a lot of history regarding the pioneer women and the quilting traditions they brought with them from their home states. The history alone would have made this book worth the read and worth owning, but the pictures alone would make this book a must have! There are dozens of color and black and white pictures - single quilts take up an entire page in full color through out the book.
A basic knowledge of quilting terms is needed in order to understand everything that is written. Unfortunately, a lot of the quilts that are written about specifically are not pictured, but the quilts that are pictured make up for that small disappointment.
