DESC: Red & White: American Redwork Quilts and Patterns is the most comprehensive look at redwork available. Redwork, a type ofneedlework popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is once again the hottest trend in the quilting world. In thistwo-volume, heavily-illustrated work, best-selling author Deborah Harding traces pattern sources and design inspirations for antique quiltswith original catalog offers and period advertisements to help collectors identify, date, and document their own quilts. Blocks on twentyantique quilts are analyzed in detail. In the accompanying pattern book, 100 actual-size patterns and detailed instructions enable readersto create their own redwork quilts and linens."Red & White... is a testimonial to the prodigious research conducted by author Deborah Harding. This excellent book's publication,occurring during a time of ever-increasing fascination with the old time needleart redwork, will be welcomed by many, includingquiltmakers,