Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996

Of general interest:

Atkins, Jacqueline Marx. Shared Threads: Quilting Together, Past and Present. New York: Viking Studio Books, 1994.

Eiler, Lyntha Scott, Terry Eiler, and Carl Fleischhauer. Blue Ridge Harvest: A Region's Folklife in Photographs. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1981.

Horton, Laurel, ed. Quiltmaking in America: Beyond the Myths. Nashville: Rutledge Hill, 1994.

Kiracofe, Roderick. The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1993.

Orlofsky, Patsy and Myron Orlofsky. Quilts in America. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. Reprint, New York: Abbeville Press, 1992.

Especially for younger readers:

Brial, Raymond. With Needle and Thread. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.

Coerr, Eleanor. The Josafina Story Quilt. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.

Lyons, Mary. Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997.