A Joy Forever: Marie Webster's Quilt Patterns

This book spotlights the life and quilt patterns of Marie Webster (1859-1956), world famous leader of the quilt revival of the early 20th century. Containing 12 full size patterns and complete directions for her charming appliqu quilts, it will delight lovers of floral appliqu and children's quilts. Marie Webster's life story will inspire you with her rise to fame as a designer for The Ladies' Home Journal and the author of the first quilt book, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them (1915). She proved herself an innovative entrepreneur as well, by running a successful business, selling patterns, kits and finished quilts from her Indiana home.

Rosalind Webster Perry, granddaughter of Marie Webster, is a writer and publisher from Santa Barbara, California. In 1990, Rosalind published a new edition of her grandmother's bok, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them, the first quilt book. Rosalind is Vice President of The Quilters Hall of Fame, which is renovating Marie Webster House, a National Historic Landmark in Marion, Indiana, for its headquarters and museum. Rosalind's husband Richard is an author and illustrator of books on colonial Mexico. They have 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren.

Marty Frolli is a National Quilting Association certified teacher and holds a B.A. degree in Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was the charter president of Santa Barbara's Coastal Quilters Guild. Marty currently teaches a variety of quilting classes for Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education and lives with her husband and two daughters in Goleta, California.