Cutting Out All the Pieces
Susan Khalje and her guest, Stephanie Masae Kimura, create an exquisite kimono-style vest from a variety of luxury fabrics and embellish it with appliqued, embroidered and quilted designs. Decorative threads: Sulky Sliver Metallic, Holoshimmer or ... [... more]
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A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers
 From classical to jazz, a diverse repertoire of art songs for piano and voice The art song--a delicate and inspiring blend of music and poetry--has been performed by singers and pianists and appreciated by audiences around the world for more than two [... more]
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Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message
Adapted especially for children by a Mohawk chief who has shared this inspiring vision of thanksgiving all over the world, these words originated with the Native people of upstate New York and Canada, and are based on the belief that the natural world is [... more]
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Native Americans of the Great Lakes
The dozens of Native Americans tribes who made their homes along the Great Lakes from Lake Ontario to Lake Superior founded a culture and society unlike any other on the planet. < I>Native Americans of the Great Lakes< /I> explores the [... more]
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Life of the California Coast Nations
native nations on the california coast and their history [... more]
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The Esselen of California
The Esselen lands extended along the rocky California coast from Point Lopez to Big Sur, and into the interior to the Upper Carmel Valley and Junipero Serra Peak. The records of the Esselen existence consist mostly of scattered objects that they left [... more]
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The Warriors
The Warriors [... more]
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African American Music: An Introduction
African American Music: An Introduction is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars which survey major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, from slavery to the present. It is the most comprehensive study of African American [... more]
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The Cake Walk by Ty Wilson
Ty Wilson's elegant works have appeared in big name magazines and on the sets of popular television shows. This stylized illustration of a couple strutting out celebrates the fashion flair of the 1920's. Black beaded edge frame with patina and nordic [... more]
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Roots and Wings
Roots and Wings [... more]
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Adding Flowers
Next, appliqued flowers are added to the vest,initially held in place with adhesive spray and later stitched for security, depth and richness. Cut flowers out of the floral fabric, spray the back of the flowers with adhesive spray and place them ... [... more]
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Decorative Stitching
Once all the flowers and leaves are positioned to your satisfaction, use decorative threads and free-motion stitching to add further embellishment: Outline the flowers and the leaves ( Create veins for the leaves ( Echo-quilt in the purple and ... [... more]
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