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Reviews
A
momentous event occurred in the quilt history world in 2004 when former
editor and publisher of Nimble Needle Treasures, Patricia Almy
Randolph, gifted quilt historians and quilt-lovers alike by deciding to
index her historic publication and offer all back issues plus
the index in CD format.
We quilters who never actually saw quilts being made as we were growing up
all have our stories about how we “discovered” quilting. Equally
exciting for many of us are our stories about how we “discovered”
women's history captured in those quilts, and our subsequent pursuit of
quilt history that emerged. I shall always remember the day I crossed
paths with back issues of Nimble Needle Treasures for the first
time, an unassuming, treasure-trove of articles any quilt historian would
love to stumble upon. It took place in a small town in southern Indiana
while on my way from Virginia to Marion, Indiana, to attend the annual
Quilters Hall of Fame induction Celebration. I could not believe my good
fortune to have discovered a stack of back issues of a quilting magazine I
had never even heard of before. When I excitedly showed my find to Hazel
Carter, my travel companion that lucky day, she filled me in quickly with
the fact that NNT had also been the first published outlet for QHF Honoree
Cuesta Benberry’s quilt research.
With so little of women's needlework history recorded in a concise manner,
NNT proved to be a gold mine. It was a gold mine for not only tracking the
early stages of the late 20th century quilt revival, but the emergence of scholarly
interest in quilting history as well, with Cuesta Benberry setting the
pace. Discovering NNT helped rekindle my love of the search for quilt
history that had taken a back seat for a number of years due to my
genealogical research and writing. That red-letter day was almost 10 years
ago but my quest for back issues of NNT has never ceased, and the issues I
did manage to accumulate helped me fill-in gaps in a timeline I had
already begun of the events of the late 20th quilt revival. Pat
Randolph’s contribution to the documentation of quilting history is now
available for all to enjoy and learn from, without the struggle to find
those back issues. Her Cumulative Index and CD of all NNT issues is a must
for every serious quilt historian…but I’ll still continue the search
for all the original issues!
Karen B. Alexander
Press Secretary
The Quilters Hall of Fame
Read a review of NNT by Pat
Cummings from Quilter's Muse
(Click on the bear)
Customer Comments:
"I
just wanted to say what a wonderful collection of vintage quilts, quilt
patterns and history of quilts...best
quilt history and patterns I've ever come across. Very much worth
the buy!!! Thanks a lot!!!"
Debbie Zimmerman, Milford Center, Ohio
Every
issue of NNT magazine is now on CD, complete with all the
original articles, 376 patterns (134 of those are in Series), classified ads, etc.,
as well as a newly published comprehensive Index which is fully
interactive with the magazines. The price for the CD includes shipping,
handling and shipping insurance costs.
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