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Make fabric your paper and a needle your pen!
Ever wanted to quilt the story of your life? You can
chronicle your most memorable moments in fabric. Best-selling author
Mimi Dietrich explains how to tell your story—or the story
of someone special to you—in an extraordinary quilt.
- Choose from over 150 pieced and appliqued block patterns to
construct the pieces of your life in fabric.
- Let Mimi guide your designs with inspiring questions and 24
themes including family, friends, holidays, hobbies and more.
- A gallery of quilts, plus Mimi's unique setting tips, will help
you launch your own ideas.
 About
the Author
Mimi Dietrich has always wanted to write a diary, but she's
been writing quilt books instead! Inspired by patchwork sampler
quilts made in the 1970s and the appliqued Baltimore Album quilts
in which each block has a different design, Mimi stitched a Diary
quilt instead of writing a diary.
Mimi has a class of "Graduate Students" who have taken
her year-long Baltimore Album class. As they appliqued their first
Baltimore quilts, they shared stories of life experiences, family
members and travels. During the months leading up to completion
of this book, they made blocks for their Diary quilts and once again
shared stories of their lives. The stories are the best part and
even though they are not "written" in a diary, they are
stitched into quilts.
This is Mimi's 15th book for Martingale & Company.
Table of Contents
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| Introduction |
5 |
| The Making of a Diary Quilt |
6 |
| Getting Started |
11 |
| The Threads of
Life |
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| Once upon a Time |
12 |
| Heritage |
14 |
| Childhood |
18 |
| Parents |
22 |
| Grandparents |
26 |
| First Love |
30 |
| True Love |
34 |
| Home |
38 |
| Children |
42 |
| Pets |
46 |
| Patriotism |
50 |
| Religion |
54 |
| Country Life |
58 |
| Celebrations |
62 |
| Friends |
66 |
| Careers |
70 |
| Seasons |
74 |
| Quilting |
78 |
| Travel |
82 |
| Hobbies |
86 |
| Life |
90 |
| Retirement |
94 |
| Dreams and Wishes |
98 |
| Legacy |
102 |
| Gallery of Quilts |
104 |
| Basic Quiltmaking |
116 |
| Bibliography |
126 |
| Acknowledgments |
127 |
| About the Author |
128 |
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