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local Healing the Spirit Quilt-Making Resources 

 

Selected sources at the Williamsburg Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center.

Creating a quilt to honor someone or express thoughts and emotions may be used as a way to relieve stress and as a coping mechanism.  This guide will help you find resources in the library for CREATING MEMORY QUILTS.

I. Books to check out:

To find books that can be checked out, choose the SUBJECT search on the computer catalog and type the subject:

  • quilting
  • quilts-themes, motives
  • appliqué 

Additional quilting titles may be found on the library shelves at the call number 746.6

Some suggested titles from your library with the subject heading of Quilting, Quilts-themes, motives, and Appliqué:

746.46 KAV Community Quilts
746 LAU Photo Transfer Handbook
746.46 DIE Pink Ribbon Quilts: a Book Because of Breast Cancer
746.46 WEI Quilted Memories Celebrations of Life
745.593 QUI Quilted Scrapbooks
746.46 BON Quilting Your Memories
746.46 LAM Quilts are Forever

II. Magazines:

Articles on quilt-making may be found in various periodicals in the library collection or in the magazines databases available through the library’s Cancer Resource Center website. 

III. Internet resources: 

If you have access to the Internet, you may access the library’s catalog and numerous other useful resources on the library web site at http://www.wrl.org

 
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http://www.wrl.org/depts/circ/applycard.html

NEED HELP FINDING RESOURCES?  
Reference librarians are available to help you locate materials.  Call the Adult Services Department, (757) 259-4050.

There are two libraries available to serve you:
Williamsburg Library
515 Scotland Street
(757) 259-4050
James City County Library
7770 Croaker Road
(757) 259-7720
Library Website: www.wrl.org
Please use our James City County address for mail correspondence. 

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Last revision: 12 January, 2006