Product Description

Since the time of ancient civilizations, preparing a commemorative, mourning, or memorial quilt has been a time-honored tradition around the world, and throughout many cultures. Today's quilt makers are renewing and enjoying the revival of this tradition, and understand the inherent therapeutic qualities quilting provides. This book features more than 20 unique projects with full size patterns for quilters to preserve precious memories, mourn the loss of loved ones, and celebrate life's high and low points. Motifs can be mixed and matched to create personal quilted expressions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1701206 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Since the early 1980s, Linda Carlson has taught all areas of quilting. She now teaches throughout Missouri and the U.S. for guilds, and at retreats, symposiums and large quilt shows. She has written Roots, Feathers & Blooms: Four-Block Quilts, Their History & Patterns and Four-Blocks Continued..., as well as numerous articles.

Customer Reviews

Quilting to Soothe the Soul
The text about memory quilts is both interesting and useful. The patterns provided have limited appeal. However, I did not purchase the book for the patterns so am pleased to have the book in my quilting library.