{"product_id":"quilty-as-charged-spike-gillespie-9780292705999","title":"Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the United States today, there are more than twenty-two million quilters who collectively spend more than \u003ci\u003eone billion\u003c\/i\u003e dollars on quilting every year. The annual International Quilt Festival attracts more than 50,000 dedicated visitors from around the world. Festival prize money can reach $100,000. Drawn into this material world by a newspaper assignment, Spike Gillespie soon found the personalities who populate serious quiltmaking as compelling as the art itself. \u003ci\u003eQuilty as Charged\u003c\/i\u003e is not a history or how-to guide; it is a collection of many small stories, including Gillespie's, stitched together in the spirit of quilting, separate scraps made into a cohesive cloth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Quilting today is a world of traditionalists and visionary artists, collectors and connoisseurs, and it encourages the same intrigue, innovation, and inspiration found in \"fine\" art. (Many of the quilts themselves hang, deservedly, in fine art museums.) Inevitably, Gillespie begins piecing together a quilt. But while her effort begins as a helpful tool for understanding her subjects, what she ultimately understands is that she, like all inspired quilters, is sewing her own pattern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Spike Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292705999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292705999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.69w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2007 pg. 78","brand":"Spike Gillespie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075995365631,"sku":"9780292705999","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19af68cc-3a82-4d52-8587-dbace68bec5d.jpg?v=1685462592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quilty-as-charged-spike-gillespie-9780292705999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}