Finders Keepers Quilts: A Rare Cache of Quilts from the 1900s

By Edie McGinnis and Susan Knapp

The quilter and Kansas City Star Quilts editor shares a collection of historic designs inspired by a treasure trove of antique American quilts.
 
Finders Keepers Quilts is based on a collection of quilts discovered in an abandoned farmhouse in Davis County, Iowa. As new owner Susan Knapp searched through the house, she found stone crocks, pretty dishes, and other intriguing odds and ends. But best of all, she found a box of beautiful quilts made in the early 1900s. 
 
Famed quilter Edie McGinnis has worked with Susan to re-create these stunning designs, using reproduction fabric to reflect the time period in which they were made. She has also included an updated version of each quilt, with clear, concise instructions that will appeal to today’s modern quilters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jan 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781617453298

Edie McGinnis

Edie McGinnis began her career at The Kansas City Star newspaper in 1987, and during that time she became a devoted advocate for reviving The Star’s tradition of publishing quilt blocks. She also joined the Kansas City Star Quilts books staff and wrote a weekly column for KansasCityStarQuilts.com. The Star has also published single patterns of two quilts Edie designed. Edie lectures on The Kansas City Star quilt patterns, their history, and the designers who worked at The Star during 1928–1961, when the patterns were originally published. She has been quilting for about 30 years and is a member of the American Quilter’s Society and the Quilters Guild of Greater Kansas City. Website: ediemcginnis.com

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