Oma's Quilt

Oma's Quilt
Author: Paulette Bourgeois
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781553376255

A young girl describes her grandmother's move to a retirement home.

Making a World of Difference One Quilt at a Time

Making a World of Difference One Quilt at a Time
Author: Ruth McHaney Danner
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1608683443

Quilts exemplify precious things: comfort through the warmth they provide; community, since they are often created by groups; and love, given the time and effort they require. With this in mind, legions of kindhearted quilters all over the world choose to donate their labors of love to people in need. Ruth McHaney Danner has gathered fifty-four heartwarming stories of quilters who make their compassion tangible one stitch, square, and quilt at a time. Each story introduces a quilter or group of quilters, ranging from a blind woman in Texas to preschoolers in Australia. Their gifts have the power to make recipients feel cherished and supported, even though they may never meet face-to-face. These wonderfully inspiring stories show that every quilter who has ever wondered, “But what can I do?” can do something to reach out and help others.

Ruby

Ruby
Author: Nina Allan
Publisher: Titan Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 178909173X

Ruby tells the story of Ruby Castle told in snapshots and fleeting glimpses and secret histories, in tales repeated and reinvented by those who fall under the horror film actress's spell: her childhood sweetheart, an antiquarian bookseller with a passion for magical artifacts, the mistress of the poet who was once Castle's lover, a young girl in a future Russia who dreams of the stars. Worlds collide, and the boundaries between the real and the fantastic begin to break down. Is Ruby Castle a living person or a collective fantasy? By the end, the world that Castle created through her films has become dangerously indistinguishable from our own.

Opa & Oma Together

Opa & Oma Together
Author: Patrick Mader
Publisher: Bookhouse Fulfillment
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2005
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Meet Opa and Opa, grandparents who have shared a long life together on their farm. Once they nurtured seven children, a variety of farm animals, and rolling fields with their love and hard work. Now they teach their grandchildren about the wonderful ways you can grow, not only on the farm, but anywhere you live. After fifty years on the same farm, in the same home, Opa and Oma are still growing in life...together.

Tips for Quilting

Tips for Quilting
Author: The Staff Of The Old Country
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1680990152

This handbook for anyone interested in quilting, is full of hints, shortcuts, and practical know-how from experienced quilters. Reading it is like quilting beside an expert quilter and a trusted friend! The quilting experts at The Old Country Store, named "One of the 10 best quilt shops in the United States" by Better Homes and Gardens' Quilt Sampler Magazine, have assembled wisdom from a premiere group of thousands of quilters -- those women who have perfected precise piecing, who know how to prevent thread from knotting, who continually experiment with new batting, new tools, new techniques. From selecting fabric to hand quilting and machine quilting, to embellishments and new technology, this handbook offers candid and clear hints and tricks of the trade that are of value for the novice and experienced quiltmaker alike. Previous edition sold more than 200,000 copies. "This is a collection of tips for those who may not think they need them! Recommended."—Booklist

War, Revolution, and Nation-making in Lithuania, 1914-1923

War, Revolution, and Nation-making in Lithuania, 1914-1923
Author: Tomas Balkelis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199668027

In this book, Tomas Balkelis explores how the Lithuanian state was created and shaped by the Great War from its onset in 1914 to the last waves of violence in 1923. As the very notion of independent Lithuania was constructed during the war, violence is seen as an essential part of the formation of Lithuanian state, nation, and identity. War was much more than simply the historical context in which the tectonic shift from empire to nation-state took place. It transformed people, policies, institutions, and modes of thought in ways that would continue to shape the nation for decades after the conflict subsided. In telling the story of the post-WWI conflict in Lithuania, War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914-1923 focuses on the soldiers and civilians involved in the conflict, rather than the strategies and acts of politicians, generals, or diplomats. The volume's two main themes are the impact of military, social, and cultural mobilizations on the local population, and different types of violence that were so characteristic of the region throughout the period. The actors in this story are people displaced by war and mobilized for war: refugees, veterans, volunteers, peasant conscripts, POWs, paramilitary fighters, and others who took to guns, not diplomacy, to assert their power. This is the story of how their lives were changed by war and how they shaped the society that emerged after war.

Design and Heritage

Design and Heritage
Author: Grace Lees-Maffei
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-12-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1000528790

Design and Heritage provides the first extended study of heritage from the point of view of design history. Exploring the material objects and spaces that contribute to our experience of heritage, the volume also examines the processes and practices that shape them. Bringing together 18 case studies, written by authors from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Norway, India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the book questions how design functions to produce heritage. Including provocative case studies of objects that reinterpret visual symbols of cultural identity and buildings and monuments that evoke feelings of national pride and historical memory, as well as landscapes embedded with trauma, contributors consider how we can work to develop adequate shared conceptual models of heritage and apply them to design and its histories. Exploring the distinction between tangible and intangible heritages, the chapters consider what these categories mean for design history and heritage. Finally, the book questions whether it might be possible to promote a truly equitable understanding of heritage that illuminates the social, cultural and economic roles of design. Design and Heritage demonstrates that design historical methods of inquiry contribute significantly to critical heritage studies. Academics, researchers and students engaged in the study of heritage, design history, material culture, folklore, art history, architectural history and social and cultural history will find much to interest them within the pages of the book.

German Meals at Oma's

German Meals at Oma's
Author: Gerhild Fulson
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2018-11-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1624146244

Re-Create Oma's Favorite Authentic German Recipes Right in Your Own Kitchen Whip up traditional German meals just like Oma used to make! Gerhild Fulson, founder of the blog Just Like Oma, was born in Germany and learned how to make delicious meals by her mother's side. After years of perfecting her recipes, Gerhild has created this incredible collection that covers well-known dishes from Berlin to Hamburg—and everywhere in between. Recipes like Sauerkraut and Bratwurst, Beef and Onions, Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce, Lamb Stew, Potato Dumplings and Corned Beef Hash are just a few of the comforting dishes you can make in no time. With easy-to-follow recipes, beautiful photos and helpful tips throughout, you’ll feel like you’re cooking with Oma right by your side. Whether you’re in the mood for the heartwarming dishes of your childhood or you simply want to try tasty dishes from a new cuisine, Gerhild makes it easy for you to take classic German recipes from her family’s table to yours.

Serendipity Quilts

Serendipity Quilts
Author: Susan E. Carlson
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2010
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1571208305

'Serendipity Quilts' features four beautiful, colour-rich projects that go from beginner to advanced, giving quilters everywhere the confidence to let their imaginations run wild & create the quilts they've always dreamed of.