The Quilt: New Directions for an American Tradition by Quilt National, softback published by Schiffer Books. ISBN 0-916838-92-7, price 10.95 US dollars available from www.schifferbooks.com, and in the UK and EU, price 9.95 GBP from www.bushwoodbooks.co.uk
The first thing I have to mention is that this book represents quilts from a 1983 exhibition of Quilt national. Quilting had just come of age, it had left the grandmother image behind and made steps towards being an art form. So why would I recommend that you buy this book, 27 years on? For two reasons, one it stands as a historical record of those early days and two it has some jolly good designs inside. See what was considered breaking ground then and compare to today’s quilts. Nicely presented although the text sections look dated now, many of the quilts stand the test of time.