Centennial Stitches--Oklahoma History in Quilts
If you are an oldtimer like me you probably remember the words from the song from the 1955 movie, "Oklahoma". "Brand new state, Brand new state, gonna treat you great!" It ran through my mind when I learned that 2007 is Oklahoma's centennial.
There is a new book, "Centennial Stitches--Oklahoma History in Quilts," commerating quilting as a part of this celebration. Publisher, Judy Howard of Buckboard Quilts, asked me to post the information below about this book.
"Like a magic carpet whisking us back in time, quilts stitch our past to the present. They record community and family history by memorializing lost loved ones, welcoming new members to our tribe, smiling upon new marriages or celebrating an anniversary or graduation. Centennial Stitches inspires and entertains as it transports you into the lives and hearts of pioneer and contemporary women.
Rejoice or cry with those who homesteaded Oklahoma's hostile and barren landscape, struggled to survive and nurture their families through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl Days or currently cope with our fast-paced society. These stories will renew your hope and inspire your faith in God. They show how everyday heroines stitch true tales of courage against insurmountable obstacles into heart-warming patchwork.
Centennial Stitches tells the larger story of God's faithfulness to sustain, comfort and strengthen women through hardships. Included in this full color, coffee-table gift book are the eighty Oklahoma Centennial Quilt Contest winners, and a sampling of fifty 1800's treasured legacy quilts homesteaders brought with them in covered wagons to bring beauty and comfort to their first sod dug-outs and log cabins."
If you are interested in getting this book go to Heavenly Patchwork to learn more about this book and to order it.