American Cotton: Farm to Quilt

American Cotton: Farm to Quilt by Teresa Duryea Wong

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American Cotton: Farm to Quilt is a beautifully illustrated book featuring more than 80 antique and contemporary quilts, plus photos of life on the farm and American textile mills. The book shares the important story of the American cotton farmer and the cotton he grows and sells. Readers will be introduced to the high-tech, agile growers, both men and women, who operate 'smart fars' and produce the world's finest cotton. Quilters are the single most passionate consumers of 100 percent cotton fabric, and this book will explain how and where American textiles were made in the first half of the 20th century, as well as the many ways women shopped for their beloved fabric. Cotton batting, the stuff stuck in the middle of quilts, is a critical element of quiltmaking and the author has gone inside today's mills to explain how million pounds of American cotton are made into batting. Finally, the book will explore the efforts of a few intrepid individuals and forward-thinking companies who are determined to bring back 100% cotton that is both grown, and manufactured, in the U.S.