Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking & the Great Depression

Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking & the Great Depression
ISBN-10
1558530622
ISBN-13
9781558530621
Category
Crafts & Hobbies / Quilts & Quilting
Pages
112
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Rutledge Hill Press
Author
Merikay Waldvogel

Description

During the Great Depression, a time of widespread poverty, women managed to produce some of America's most beautiful quilts. Soft Covers for Hard Times explores matters rural and city quiltmakers had in common. 70 lavish full-color illustrations.

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