Download or read book Mississippi Quilts written by Mary Elizabeth Johnson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These examples evince both the art and the craft during a golden age of handcrafting, from the early 1800s until 1946, a time before the widespread use of motorized sewing machines, synthetic fabrics, and prefabricated batting."--BOOK JACKET.