CXXV - the Australian Spring Edition

Kath

17 years ago

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The Quilts of Gee's Bend - John Beardsley , William Arnett, Pauljane Arnett, Jane Livingston, Alvia Wardlaw

I'll follow that with:

How to Make an American Quilt - Whitney Otto

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ccrdmrbks
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Hi Lozza, I'm happy to send you the book free and gratis. Thank you for your kind offer, If you feel that the book has been good enough value then I might take up your offer :-) Send me your address to my internet addy (click on my page above) privately off list, and I will post it out to you. Cheers, Jan (spring cleaning furiously in central Vic and feeling that it should be called autumn cleaning).
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CXXV - the Australian Spring Edition

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