{"product_id":"portable-patchwork","title":"Portable Patchwork: The Women Pioneers of the Original Quick \u0026 Easy Quilting Method, with Projects for Today by Pamela Weeks","description":"\u003cp\u003eWant to make your quilting easier to carry with you? Try the quilt-as-you-go methods that women of the 1800s invented so they could work on small blocks in stolen snatches of time. This quilting approach has many other benefits:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt allows shorter sessions for tasks that some find tedious--no more weeklong cutting or piecing marathons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt makes sewing-machine work less cumbersome.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt makes use of small batting scraps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt doesn't require a frame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on research ranging from the women's diaries, to finds at quilt auctions, to clues shared by worldwide quilter chat groups, \u003cem\u003ePortable Patchwork\u003c\/em\u003e tells stories about the origins of this technique and the creative women who made or owned the quilts. Included are four projects demonstrating different quilt-as-you-go methods, allowing you to master this technique and add your own unlimited variations--just as your foremothers did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eContents \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. A Field Guide to Quilt as You Go \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 The Search for the Origin of Potholder Quilts \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Earliest Potholder Quilts: 1837-1850 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Friendship and Presentation Quilts: 1851-1860 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The American Civil War: 1861-1864 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. A Multitude of Fabrics: 1865-1900 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Fundraising and Folded Quilts: 1901-1969 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Quick and Easy Quilting: 1970- Twenty-first Century \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Projects\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePamela Weeks \u003c\/strong\u003eis the Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum. She is a quilt historian and quilter, and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eCivil War Quilts\u003c\/em\u003e with Don Beld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schiffer Craft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46267600044218,"sku":"9780764362026","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_3e17abc1-48a9-421b-9b2b-11976e05782e.jpg?v=1785779457","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/portable-patchwork","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}