Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar. 1950-2000 - Tapa dura

"With over 100 pages of photographs of quirky and extraordinary quilts from Kiracofe's personal collection, the book gives readers the opportunity to enter a world undiscovered by many and enjoy patterns that break the traditional boundaries--all while demonstrating their contribution to American contemporary art . . . this book is full of stories and ideas to make your d cor pop with historical value and romantic vibrancy."--Romantic Homes "Almost 150 quilts you won't find on Pinterest."--Boing Boing "Gorgeous coffee-table book . . . Kiracofe proves scrap quilts worthy of moving from bed to wall."--Publishers Weekly "Truly thoughtful essays by ten different worthy authors . . . you will want to hug this book."--Meg Cox, quilt journalist, author, and instructor

Unconventional & Unexpected: Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000 is a stunning collection of approximately 150 quirky, eccentric, maverick and extraordinary quilts made predominantly by anonymous quilters in the United States during the last half of the 20th century. Collected by renowned quilt authority and collector Roderick Kiracofe via eBay, flea markets, estate sales and other sources, they represent a 20th-century quilt movement that remains mostly undocumented. Unlike the quilts replicating traditional patterns of earlier centuries and the art quilts that we've become accustomed to seeing, these surprising quilts represent a much freer, more casual, utilitarian aesthetic that departs from (and returns to) a multitude of norms and standards. In Unconventional & Unexpected, Kiracofe presents the best quilts in his collection along with essays that help to contextualise them by experts in a variety of fields, including quilt-making, quilt history, art history, collecting, colour, photography and domestic life.