To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Eco and beyond

and beyond

and animals

and secret scientific hotbed

Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume

Spanish explorers found it in the grand Aztec markets—in a dye derived from the cochineal insect

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Eco and beyondThrough the voices of quilters, writers, and folklorists, this book explores the images and meanings of Winnebago ribbon quilts, Plains Indian star designs, Yuwupi giveaway quilts, Hawaiian appliqued quilts, the seal party quilts of the Nelson Island Eskimos, and many more. Essays on contemporary and historical quilting traditions from around the country and rare historical photographs highlight this lavishly illustrated volume.