Another positive review has rolled in, this time from Library Journal which has the highest circulation of any journal for librarians. Library Journal reviews are written by librarians for librarians and feature the latest reviews and collection development resources. Check out their final verdict: “Zegart reveals through photographs and interviews just how essential quilts are in […]
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Published on Education Media Reviews Online (EMRO), Jan 10, 2012 Reviewed by Winifred Fordham Metz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Lori Widzinski, University Libraries, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Shelly Zegart, a known expert on antique and contemporary quilts, has collected, curated, lectured and written about quilts for over […]
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We’re thrilled to be featured in the recent issue of Video Librarian: The Video Review Magazine for Libraries, where the series received “3 out of 4 stars” and a “Recommended” rating. We’ve already received requests to carry the DVD from libraries, and along with this review and the recent review in Booklist, we hope to reach even more. Our goal is to continue to spread the conversation about the importance of quilts and to make the series accessible to everyone. You can help us along by placing a request at your local library for the series!
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If you own a handmade quilt, you may think you know why quilts matter. But it’s a guarantee that you don’t know everything about the history and culture of quilts, as revealed in this passionate nine-part documentary. In the sampled Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time, host Shelly Zegart—author of American Quilt Collections (1998)—introduces […]
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Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics by The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
