This book is the culmination of more than 125 years of tradition and countless "Documentation Days," during which quilting council members record the block technique, age, batting, backing, and color of each quilt their fellow quilters trust them to preserve. Thirteen chapters explore important historical quilting moments, traditional and modern quilting themes, and the beginnings of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and the Quilter's Newsletter magazine. Different council members researched, photographed, and recorded the most significant events, memories, quilters, and quilts that have influenced the progress of quilting in Colorado. Early Coloradans picked their own cotton, saved every scrap of used fabric, and made quilts from scratch to support their families and for therapy as they recovered from serious injuries and illnesses. Many of these sacred stitches are still works in progress and continue to illustrate what's important to these dedicated craftspeople.

Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

New applique patterns in the Kansas City Star heritage.

Features Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Mexico, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

Grass in the nation's life; grass in the ten regions; grass in the charts and tables.

This completely updated third edition revisits old favorites from Vail to Mesa Verde and adds information on rising hot spots like Glenwood Springs, where visitors can explore Glenwood Canyon Trail and then relax in one of the Rockies' largest hot-spring pools. Veteran travel writer Richard Harris sweeps through Denver and Boulder, and then leads the reader to pueblo ruins, ghost towns, ski resorts, and fishing holes.

Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom

A collection of designs for tapestries, soft sculpture, baskets, coverlets, dresses, and other items illustrates ways artisans and craftsmen have combined unusual materials and new forms of needlework with such traditional forms as quilting, knitting, batik, and weaving