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Author Marston, Gwen.

Title Mary Schafer, American quilt maker / Gwen Marston
Published Ann Arbor, Mich. ; [Great Britain] : University of Michigan Press, 2004

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 MELB  746.46092 Scafe Mar/Msa  AVAILABLE
Description 216 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Laying the groundwork : an overview of the quilt revival in the twentieth century -- Influences : early quilt magazines -- Quilt study -- Mary's correspondence -- Pt. 2. Mary Schafer and her quilts -- The Schafer and Harriman collaboration -- Coming to America -- Mary's early quilts -- Pattern collecting -- Mary makes quilt blocks -- The challenge period -- The bicentennial quilt revival -- Mary's quilts for others -- Recognition comes to Mary -- Mary, 1990 to the present -- Pt. 3. The Schafer quilts -- Mary's technique -- Artistic characteristics -- Finding a home for the first collection -- The second collection -- Motivation -- The quilts in the first collection -- The quilts in the second collection -- Ten Mary Schafer quilt patterns -- Complete inventory of Mary Schafer quilts -- Mary Schafer timeline -- Mary Schafer resume
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Schafer, Mary, 1910-2006.
Quiltmakers -- Michigan -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2003018071
ISBN 0472068555 paperback
0472098551 hardback