A PRAIRIE JOURNEY by KATHLEEN TRACY

SMALL QUILTS THAT CELEBRATE THE PIONEER SPIRIT.

Inspired by yesterday's traditional blocks and today's reproduction fabrics, 13 designs whisk readers back to an era when the time-honoured quilt blocks today's quilters love were just making their debut. Stitch projects with names such as Wagon Wheels, Crossing the Prairie, and Aunt Sarah's Scrap Baskets, or make a Tree of Life friendship quilt featuring blocks autographed by family members. Vintage photos and the words of pioneer women from the mid-19th century, a time when quilting offered a welcome respite from the hardships of moving westward, are sprinkled throughout. Petite patchwork and applique projects welcome scraps and are a cinch to complete