Quilters’ Cookbooks

Quiltmakers in today’s society also are interested in foods, as were the pioneer quilters who made favorite recipes for their quilting bees.  Nowadays quilters even publish group cookbooks with recipes they’ve all contributed.

Some of these books are compiled as fund raisers to help quilating groups with their projects and quilt shows.  Others are simply compilations for family groups.

One cookbook I particularly enjoy is Stitch ‘n Stir, published by the Quilters Guild of Dallas (TX) several years ago.  It contains both simple and elaborate recipes my family and I’ve sampled.

My daughter found Favorite Recipes From Quilters, compiled by Louise Stoltzfus, a nice cookbook to include in her collection.  Quilters aound the country contributed their recipes.  There also are several of these cookbooks with topical recipes, such as soups, desserts, breads, etc.

Recipes & Secrets of the Trails End Quilters is a quilting cookbook I envision and have begun as one of my many projects.  It consists of my family recipes intermingled with tidbits of quilting history and lore.  Among the recipes will be those my aunt jotted down in her notebook, which was given to me.  These are part of my family food history and childhood memories.