Staff Picks: Art
We have graphic novels
A couple of bookstores are upset that DC comics has inked an exclusive deal with Amazon to make eBook versions of some very popular graphic novels available on Kindle. So those bookstores have taken these graphic novels off the shelves. This means that right now you can't get these at some very popular book stores. But we have them! So now you can check out some "exclusive" graphic novels.
Batman
Superman
Green Lantern
Fables
Y: The Last Man
Alan Moore
Neil Gaiman
Other
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Quilts, A Unique American Art and Craft Form
Fiction
NonFiction
Web Sites
Gee's Bend Quilters
Postal Service celebrates quilting tradition with quilts of Gee's Bend
PBS: The Quilts of Gee's Bend
History
A very simple timeline of quilting history
An online guide to an extensive quilt collection, with details about materials and techniques used in the works in the various collections. There are many pictures of the quilts held in this Michigan State University Museum.
Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting
The five main sections of this website deal with quilt history, patterns through time, quilting frugality, notes on past and present quilts, as well as tips for quilters and non-quilters. Within the website is a fascinating discussion of African American quilting.
The National Quilting Association, Inc.
A nonprofit organization run by quilters for quilters, was founded in 1970. The organization was established to create, stimulate, maintain, and record an interest in all matters pertaining to the making, collecting, and preserving of quilts, and to establish and promote educational and philanthropic endeavors through quilts.
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