CINDY BRICK'S QUILTS OF THE GOLDEN WEST BOOK REVIEW

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
About the Author
CHAPTER 1: A Closer Look at California's Gold Rush
CHAPTER 2: Rushes - and Panics
CHAPTER 3: Gold vs Silver - The Fight for a Standard
CHAPTER 4: Money Matters
A Timeline for the Golden West
GOLDEN PATTERNS FOR SAVVY QUILTERS:
- General Pattern Instructions
- Pattern 1: Girls of the Golden West(Color Version)
- Pattern 2: Girls of the Golden West(Redwork Version)
- Pattern 3: Prairie Star
- Pattern 4: State of the Union
- Pattern 5: Sand Lilies
- Pattern 6: Framed Nine-Patch
- Pattern 7: Golden Years
- Pattern 8: Moneybags
- Pattern 9: Turkey Tracks
- Pattern 10: Centennial Triangles
- GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST:
        Descriptions of the Girls, and Their Patterns
        1. Baby Doe Tabor
        2. Molly Brown
        3. Nancy Kelsey
        4. Lotta Crabtree
        5. Ferminia Sarras
        6. Belle Starr
        7. Marie Pantalon
        8. Emily West/Morgan "Yellow Rose of Texas"
        9. Nellie Cashman
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Title: Quilts of the Golden West: Mining the History of the Gold and Silver Rush
Author/Designer: Cindy Brick
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2009
Publisher: Kansas City Star Books, Kansas City, MO
Language: English
Page Count: 128
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1935362143

SUMMARY- This was one of the books I've added to my mom's library. I grew up in Colorado, so this was a must-have. She did a great job with the history portion! Colorado is full of tall tales, ghost towns, and generally colorful stories. Most of the women she wrote about I grew up hearing the stories of, so it was like catching up with old friends. I really love the story quilt with portraits of these women as the subject of the blocks, and she picked really appropriate traditional blocks.

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