Quilts, Bringing the Past into the Future
TCEA Conference Presentation
February 10, 2000

Here is a list of resources used for the presentation, Quilts, Bringing the Past into the Future, given at the TCEA Conference in Austin on February 10, 2000. I know that the list of books is not complete, and I will add to the list as new books or other resources become available. If you have a resource that you would like to have added to the list, please e-mail the webmaster. Students of all ages can do a variety of quilting activities in the classroom, just let your imagination go.

Literature Bibliography | Teacher Resources | Internet Resources | Other Resources

Literature Bibliography

Bial, Raymond, With Needle and Thread, A Book About Quilts, Houghton Mifflin Company, NY, 1996.

Bolton, Janet, My Grandmother’s Patchwork Quilt, Delacorte Press, NY, 1993.

Brumbeau, Jeff, The Quiltmaker’s Gift, Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, Duluth, MN, 2000.

Coerr, Eleanor, The Josefina Story Quilt, HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 1986.

Ernst, Lisa Campbell, Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt, Mulberry Books, NY, 1983.

Fair, Sylvia, The Bedspread, Morrow Junior Books, NY, 1982.

Field, Rachel, Calico Bush, A Dell Yearling Book, NY, 1931. (older students)

Flournoy, Valerie, The Patchwork Quilt, Dial Books for Young Readers, NY, 1985.

Friedman, Aileen, A Cloak for the Dreamer, A Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1994.

Good Merle, Reuben and the Quilt, Good Books, Intercourse, PA, 1999.

Guback, Georgia, Luka’s Quilt, Greenwillow Books, NY, 1994.

Johnston, Tony & Tomie dePaola, The Quilt Story, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1985.

Jonas, Ann, The Quilt, Puffin Books, Penguin Books USA Inc., NY, 1984.

Korlek, Jenny, The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, M,1994.

Kurtz, Shirley, The Boy and the Quilt, Good Books, Intercourse, PA, 1991.

Laury, Jean Ray, No Dragons on my Quilt, American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, 1990.

Love, D. Anne, Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt, Holiday House, NY, 1995. (older students)

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs, Bizzy Bones and the Lost Quilt, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, NY, 1988.

Mills, Lauren, The Rag Coat, Little, Brown and Company, NY, 1991.

Morrison, Meighan, Long Live Earth, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1993.

Parton, Dolly, Coat of Many Colors, A Byron Preiss Book, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1994.

Paul, Ann Whitford, Eight Hands Round, A Patchwork Alphabet, HarperCollins Publishers, USA, 1991.

Paul, Ann Whitford, The Seasons Sewn, A Year in Patchwork, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, NY, 1996.

Polacco, Patricia, The Keeping Quilt, Simon and Schuster, Inc., NY, 1988.

Rinaldi, Ann, A Stitch in Time, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1994. (older students)

Rinaldi, Ann, Broken Days, Scholastic Inc., NY, 1995. (older students)

Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach, Dragonfly Books, Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1991.

Ross, Kent and Alice, Cemetery Quilt, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1995.

Rudolph, Marguerita, How a Shirt Grew in the Field, Clarion Books, NY, 1967.

Shea, Pegi Deitz, The Whispering Cloth, A Refugee’s Story, Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA, 1995.

Smith, Lura Schwarz, The Cradle That Grandpa Built, Galloping Rabbit Press, Santa Ana, CA, 1997.

Smucker, Barbara, Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt, Crown Publishers, Inc., NY, 1995.

Tenorio-Coscarelli, Jane, The Tamale Quilt, 1/4 Inch Publishing, CA, 1998.

Tenorio-Coscarelli, Jane, The Tortilla Quilt, 1/4 Inch Publishing, CA, 1996.

Terris, Susan, Nell’s Quilt, A Sunburst Book, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. (older students)

Turner, Ann, Sewing Quilts, Macmillan Publishing Company, NY, 1994.

Waterstone, Rachel, The Much Too Loved Quilt, First Story Press, St. Louis, MO, 1999.

Waterstone, Rachel, Who’s Under Grandma’s Quilt?, First Story Press, St. Louis, MO, 1997.

Willard, Nancy, The Mountains of Quilt, Voyager books, Harcourt Brace & Company, NY, 1987.

Willing, Karen Bates & Julie Bates Dock, Cotton Now & Then, Fabric-Making from Boll to Bolt, Now & Then Publications, Ashland, OR, 1996.

Willing, Karen Bates & Julie Bates Dock, Quilting Now & Then, Now & Then Publications, Ashland, OR, 1994.

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Teacher Resources

Amon, Jennifer, Flavor Quilts For Kids to Make, American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, 1991.

Bonica, Diane and Kathy Devlin, Cooperative Quilts, Classroom Quilts for the Entire School Year, Fearon Teacher Aids, A Division of Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc.,CA, 1997.

Gregroy, John, Graham A. Jones, and Carol A. Thornton, Investigating with Tessel Tiles, ETA, Vernon Hills, IL, 1999.

King, Rendy, and Maureen King, Quilt Connections, Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc., Greensboro, NC, 1995.

Laury, Jean Ray, The Photo Transfer Handbook, C & T Publishing, Inc., CA, 1999.

Simms, Ami, Creating Scrapbook Quilts, Mallery Press, Flint, Michigan, 1993.

Symonds, Paula, Quilting Through the Year, Teaching Resource Center, San Diego, CA, 1999.

Venters, Diana, and Elaine Krajenke Ellison, Mathematical Quilts, No Sewing Required!, Key Curriculum Press, CA, 1999.

Zimmerman, Susan A., Thematic Unit: Quilts, Teacher Created Materials, Inc., CA, 1998.

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Internet Resources

Color Tessellation Claris Works Tips

Quilting with Children

Quilts and Children's Literature

Quilts, Quilters, Quilting, and Patchwork in Fiction for Children and Young Adults

Tessellations Theme Page

Doing a search on “Quilts and Children” or “Quilts and Mathematics” will give multiple sites to visit to lead you to all kinds of possibilities.

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Other Resources

Bubble Jet Set Information Page Place to order Bubble Jet Set for printing directly onto fabric using an inkjet printer.

Creative Copy by Quiltmakers, Heat Textile Transfer Paper for Ink-jet Printers

Avery T-Shirt Transfer Sheets for Ink Jet Printers

Printed Treasures ink jet fabric

Source for inkjet colorfast fabric

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