By Sandi Fox
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Cat lovers, quilt collectors, and crafts enthusiasts alike will enjoy this delightful book devoted to images of fascinating felines adorning beautifully made quilts dating from 1840 to the mid-20th century.
Sandi Fox discusses the changing styles and techniques of quiltmaking over the past 100 years, identifying the origins of various designs. Cats and kittens are shown sitting erect, moving among boughs of berries, tumbling on a table with a ball of yarn, or peeping from a basket. Each beautifully photographed quilt is paired with poetry or prose drawn from works by Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and other wonderful writers-adding further appeal to a charming gift book.
SANDI FOX, a quiltmaker and quilt scholar, has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council. She is former curator of quilts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and has authored numerous books and exhibition catalogues. Her own work is in many private and corporate collections. She lives in Los Angeles.
60 illustrations, 51 in full color, 6 x 7" Read more
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