Faith Ringgold's French collection and other story quilts
Cameron, Dan
1998
Presents of overview of the art of Faith Ringgold, providing photographs of all the story quilts in her French Collection series, as well as several earlier works, including "Tar Beach"; and features essays which examine various aspects of her career.
When an antique quilt mysteriously appears at the shop where Rachel works, it has an ominous effect on her. The evil that appears to emanate from the quilt threatens to destroy Rachel and the people she cares about.
An illustrated, step-by-step guide to machine quilting, covering all stages from planning to caring for the finished product, providing information about tools, terms, and techniques, and featuring instructions for a variety of quilting projects.
When Shota and her friends hear that their apartment building is being torn down, they make a quilt to show the developer how much they love their home.
Though her parents "jumped the broom" to get married when they were slaves, now that they are living free in Philadelphia after the Civil War they plan to have a church wedding and Addy works to complete a special quilt to give them as a wedding gift.