Quilt Books of Interest

Quilt Books of Interest

I will be updating this list as there are many great books out there for educating oneself and to help in your journey,  be it collecting or wanting to know more about quilts in general.  


There are good fabric dating books, quilt history books,  pattern books,  books on early quilt designers,  books on feedsacks, the list is endless. 

Antique Quilts and Textiles - A Price Guide to Functional and Fashionable

Cloth Comforts by Bobbie Aug and Gerald Roy

The Art of the Quilt by Ruth Marler

Marie Webster's - Garden of Quilts by Rosaland Webster Perry and Marty Frolli

Vintage Quilts - Identifying, Collecting, Dating, Preserving and Valuing by Bobbie Aug, Sharon Newman and Gerald Roy

Quilts- The Fabric of Friendship- The York County Quilt Documentation Project and the York County Heritage Trust by Shiffer Books, Book Committee

Texas Quilts and Quilters: A Lone Star Legacy by Marcia Kaylakie with Janice Whittington Web: www.texasquiltappraiser.com

American Quilts and Coverlets by Florence Peto 1949

Collector Dictionary of Quilt Names and Patterns by Yvonne M. Khin

Calico Man- The Manny Koop Fabric Collection by Bobbie Aug and Sharon Newman with Paul C. Kopp

The American Quilt- A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950 by Roderick Kiracofe

Mississippi Quilts by Mary Elizabeth Johnson

Enduring Grace-Quilts from the Shelburne Museum Collection by Celia Y Oliver

Crib Quilts and Other Small Wonders by Thos. K Woodard and Blanche Greenstein 

Antique Quilt Dating Guides by Dr. Kimberly Wulfert

A Joy Forever by Rosalind W. Perry

Album Quilts of Ohio's Miami Valley by Sue C Cummings

Amish Quilts of Lancaster County by Patricia T Herr

The Fabric of Persuasian: Two Hundred Years of Political Quilts by Julie Powell

Patchwork Souvenirs: 1933 World's Fair by Merikay Waldvogel

Quilts of Indiana by Marilyn Goldman