1959 - - The Standard Book Of Quilt Making and Collecting - Marguerite Ickis

1959 - - The Standard Book Of Quilt Making and Collecting - Marguerite Ickis - - Softcover Book


This Dover edition, first published in 1959, is an unabirdged and unaltered republication of the wrok originally published by the Greyston Prss in 1949.

Book was originally written by Marguerite Ickis and copyrighted in 1949 and published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Lts., out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Here is the best available book on quilt making — a complete, easy-to-follow guide that shows you how to make beautiful, useful quilts that you will be proud to own and display. Even if you are a beginner, you will soon find yourself quilting like an expert by following these clearly drawn patterns, photographs, and step-by-step instructions.

All the information you need is here, lucidly and thoroughly explained. You'll learn how to plan the quilt, the number of blocks to fit a bed, how to select the pattern to harmonize with the design and color of the room, and how to choose materials. Clear directions explain how to cut, sew, and make applique patterns, patchwork, and strips. An entire chapter on design discusses basic elements, sources, making your own designs, avoiding sewing problems, how to use the rag bag, and much more. The section on patterns gives directions on tracing, seam allowance, and estimating quantity. There is full information on borders, quilting, and tufting, and just about every other aspect of quilt making.
Mrs. Ickis shows you over 100 traditional and unusual quilts, including Basket, Tree of Life, Flowers in a Pot, Traditional Geometric, Friendship, Square and Cross, Saw Tooth, Drunkard's Path, Flying Geese, Mexican Cross, Pennsylvania Dutch, Crazy Quilts, Yo-yo Quilts, Album Quilts, and dozens of others, including over 40 full-size patterns. You are given other uses for quilting, such as drapes, curtains, upholstery, lunch cloths, purses, cushions, and Italian quilting.

Completing the coverage are fascinating chapters on collecting quilts as a hobby; how to make full-size patterns of famous American quilts from pictures, small designs, and museum or collector's quilts; and a history of quilt making with personal memories.

Book size is approximately 10 inches in height by a little over 7 inches wide and contains 273 pages of BLACK and WHITE photos, instructions and patterns.  As pictured there is a signature on the inside cover of this book.

This book is in VERY GOOD to GOOD condition. There are no marks, writing, store stamps, price tags, creases and/or scuffs. No torn or creased pages or corners. These books are all used (very, very little) but not damaged in any way.  You will be more than happy to add to your collection of Vintage Books.  I am clearing out all of my books for Quilting and Cross-Stitch, my hands can't do the stitching any longer and there is no sense in keeping the books around just to look at.  Maybe there is some one else that would like to learn and have the patterns and instructions to so many varied items.

I have taken all the photos, what you see is what you get, I do not retouch any photos.

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