| 1.6 Million African American Quilters: Survey, Sites, and a Half-Dozen Art Quilt Blocks Contributor(s): Hicks, Kyra E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0982479670 ISBN-13: 9780982479674 Publisher: Black Threads Press OUR PRICE: $9.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Reference - Crafts & Hobbies | Quilts & Quilting - Art | American - African American |
| Dewey: 746.460 |
| LCCN: 2010911236 |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 6" W x 9" (0.23 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1.6 Million African American Quilters is a handy, eye-opening booklet about today's Black quilt makers: Latest quilt industry figures, including number of Black quilters nationally; most comprehensive resource of websites, blogs, and YouTube videos featuring African American quilters and guilds. Also included in the more than 270 references are selected textile artists, doll makers, fabric designers, and quilters from the African diaspora; six afro-centrically designed art quilt blocks by Washington, D.C. artist Francine Haskins; and bibliographic references, many annotated, for selected books, articles, exhibit catalogs, dissertations, papers, and films about Black quilters. |