How to make an American quilt / Whitney Otto
How not to make a prize-winning quilt / Ami Simms
The quilter's apprentice / Jennifer Chiaverini
ch. 2. Our quilting heritage
Quilts among the plain people / Rachel T. Pellman and Joanne Ranck
Hidden in plain view / Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard
Quilts and the Hopi baby-naming ceremony / Marlene Sekaquaptewa and Carolyn O'Bagy Davis
The bedquilt / Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Quilting on the rebound / Terry McMillan
ch. 4. A community of quilters
The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas
A quilting bee in our village / Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
ch. 5. A patchwork of meaning and memory
Everyday use / Alice Walker
Aunt Jane's album / Eliza Calvert Hall
The quilters / Patricia J. Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen.
