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	Encyclopedia: How to Make an American Quilt
		Winona Ryder Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz) is an American actress born on October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota to Michael and Cindy Horowitz.
		Science quilt A quilt is a type of beddingâ€” a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of fabric for backing, and a layer of batting in between, generally combined using the technique of quilting.
		Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/How-to-Make-an-American-Quilt (599 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		How To Make An American Quilt is not quite a classic, but it is very good.
		So many different stories, as interpreted in quilting panels, do not always make a pretty quilt, and much negotiating and compromise is the very nature of putting the quilt together, as it is in life.
		The quilting ladies are all quite different and through flashbacks we're given a glimpse of them as young women and the love or lack of love in their lives.
	www.horse-toys.net /prod/0783230486/How_to_Make_an_American_Quilt.html (1478 words)

	Movie - How to Make an American Quilt
		Having written the novel "How to Make an American Quilt, "l am constantly asked the question, "Do you quilt?" This is really a variation of a question asked of all fiction writers when readers want to know how much of what has been written is "real".
		I realized that a quilting bee was a good way to tell the stories of eight women who had gathered to make a wedding quilt for a granddaughter who had come to spend a hot, airless California summer in their small town.
		As I watched them filming the group quilting scenes, I marveled at the seeming ease with which the actresses slipped into this world of quilting: a place of camaraderie, deep loyalty, conflict, and love for an art that can be created out of disparate lives.
	www.floridaquilting.com /amquilt/amquilt4.htm (1394 words)

	Author talks about How to Make an American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whitney Otto, author of How to Make an American Quilt, looks as meticulously clean and professional as the hotel room in which she won’t be staying long.
		American history and personal experiences, however, which play a large part in the novel, are a few of her favorite topics.
		How to Make an American Quilt was made into a major motion picture in 1995 starring Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou and Anne Bancroft.
	archives.thedaily.washington.edu /1997/043097/quilt043097.html (874 words)

	HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT
		She soon learns from hanging out and listening to the women in her grandmother's quilting circle that life is more about the choices you don't make than the ones that you do.
		The quilt was supposed to tell their stories of love and though none of them ended particularly happily, they ran the gamut of the kind of relationships one sees in life.
		HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT isn't a very clever piece of work, but it's a nice way to meet new friends.
	www.crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsH/f_quilt.html (562 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt
		As explained in more depth in my essay on date movies, there is an identifiable cut-off point at which a film stops being a date movie and becomes an estrogen film, and that point can be determined by subtracting the male rating from the female rating at IMDb.
		American Quilt has nothing even remotely resembling humor, except for the usual stock granny remarks, variations on the old wives' tales and urban legends that appear in every granny film.
		American Quilt seems like a pure granny film, while Ya-Ya Sisterhood seems to appeal to the grandmothers and granddaughters alike.
	www.fakes.net /americanquilt.htm (993 words)

	REVIEW--How to Make An American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		How To Make An American Quilt, now at the Storyteller, is the first American film by Australian film maker, Jocelyn Moorhouse--whose last film, PROOF, did well on the American Art House Scene.
		Like the quilt in the title, the structure of the film is patterned--laying out the stories of several lives into a beautiful and pleasing arrangement--and although this is an interesting choice for the film maker, the result is an uneven pace and occasionally sluggish plot line.
		Still, How To Make An American Quilt offers a complex and authentic exploration of the relationships between men and women, and for this, and for the many wonderful performances, it is worth seeing.
	www.laplaza.org /about_lap/archives/misc/rev_am_quilt.html (272 words)

	Movie - How to Make an American Quilt
		Adapted from Whitney Otto's 1991 novel, American Quilt is told through the eyes of Finn (Ryder), a graduate student who comes to spend the summer with her grandmother (Burstyn) and great-aunt (Bancroft).
		I mean, I'd rather die than make a quilt with a group of women.
		American Quilt is a story about dreams and remembrances, about past and present and how the two are reconciled.
	www.floridaquilting.com /amquilt/amquilt3.htm (1403 words)

	Amazon.com: How to Make an American Quilt (1995) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"How to Make an American Quilt" is one of my favorite "chick flicks." And hopefully labeling a movie as a "chick flick" doesn't immediately damn it into some lesser category.
		Her story of how, as an unwed mother, she came to work for Hy and Glady Jo's mother, is one of my favorites.
		The quilts that Anna shows to Finn--including an old slave quilt that was especially designed and made for the movie and a baby quilt featuring African animals--are some of my favorite quilt designs.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304005318?v=glance (2431 words)

	Review: How To Make an American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In How to Make an American Quilt, the first Hollywood release from Australian director Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof), we come to understand how the tales of the seven makers imbue their creation with passion and vitality.
		All the sorrows, joys, longings, sufferings, and loves of these women are sewn into their quilt and, as their bittersweet memories are given expression, one young woman applies these lessons of the past to her own uncertain future.
		How to Make an American Quilt is basically an unremarkable, if affecting, tale of love across the generations -- a sort of truncated American version of The Joy Luck Club, with a dash of Fried Green Tomatoes added.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/h/how_to.html (625 words)

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		How to Make an America Quilt starring : Winona Ryder For as long as I can remember, my grandmother and her friends have been a part of a quilting bee.
		I remember sitting under the quilt frame pretending that I was surrounded by a forest of friendly trees and that their stitches were messages from giants written across the sky.
		And then there's Em, who's married to an artist, and for some reason, that makes everyone feel sorry for her.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/closedcaptioned/quilt.txt (4409 words)

	"How to Make an American Quilt"
		Her most recent quilt, a red-crested crane, portrays the story of a woman who transforms into a crane and creates fabric from her blood and feathers for her husband on the condition that he does not look at her when she is creating the cloth.
		On the left side of the quilt was a triptych describing a story told by her aunt -- the same tale that was told to her mother when she was a young child.
		As an artist, she is particularly grateful for the opportunities she has to develop her work: "I have the freedom of choosing.
	www.payvand.com /news/01/may/1142.html (1375 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: How To Make An American Quilt [1995]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		How to Make an American Quilt is a nice comfortable movie, and unlike so many other films belonging to the 'coming of age' genre, it doesn't leave the viewer feeling emotionally drained.
		This is an entrance cue for a smoulderingly handsome strawberry farmer (in an unnecessary plot complication) to hinder Finn's contemplations.
		The women each make a patch that shows where they find their happiness, and the film goes on to show each of their stories.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R6T7 (692 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: How To Make An American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Finn isn't sure how she feels about marriage and a lifelong commitment, and that's why she wants to spend three months out of his sight, with the older women of her family and their friends.
		It is Angelou, as Anna, who sets the master plan for each quilt, and keeps the others in line ("Anna used to work for my grandmother, but now it seems that they all work for her").
		As the women quilt, they remember stories from their own younger years, and as they share them with Finn, we see many of them in flashback.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951006/REVIEWS/510060302/1023 (751 words)

	How To Make An American Quilt reviewed by AllZone4DVD.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The theme of the quilt, "Where Love Resides", is used to tie together a series of reminiscences that show how their different experiences shaped thier perceptions of love.
		Whilst the subject matter won't appeal to all, How To Make An American Quilt is beautiful to look at with solid performances from all the cast.
		This release of How To Make An American Quilt is an enhanced widescreen print in a ratio of 1.85:1.
	www.allzone4dvd.net /review_details.htm?id=580 (683 words)

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	Medialunchbox - Books : How to Make an American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One thing you can avoid, making it probably more like the movie that some reviewers seemed to like, is that the quilting instructions are minimized on the tape.
		An unfaithful husband, a cool wife, a woman who sleeps with their sister's husband, and the like just do not hold my interest as someone...
		HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT is a patchwork of lives that make up a quilting group.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/0345370805 (435 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: How to Make An American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The women who form Otto's narrative quilt include two sisters whose love for each other survives sexual betrayal; a fearless teenager who loses her determination to lead a free, unfettered life when she traps herself into marriage; a half-fl woman who cannot escape her heritage; a wife who forgives her husband's flagrant affairs.
		Concluding with a description of the Crazy Quilt, "the pattern with the least amount of discipline and the greatest measure of emotion," this affecting novel demonstrates that a writer's self-discipline can engender in a reader a significant emotional response.
		An extraordinay and moving reading experience, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345388968 (879 words)

	How To Make an American Quilt
		After an O.D. of this idiocy, Finn is driven into the arms of Leon (Johnathon Schaech), a muscle headed loser with no redeeming qualities.
		When she feels bad about it later, one of the quilters (don't even bother trying to keep them straight, as some 8 zillion characters are introduced in the first 5minutes) advises her to never tell her fiancee about the affair.
		If this is really how to make an American quilt, I'll just sleep on the floor covered with a burlap sack.
	www.absolutely.net /movie/1995_How_To_Make_an_American_Quilt.html (382 words)

	Quilters Guild of Plano - Block of the Month
		Make a block, or many blocks, following the instructions and bring your block/s to the next meeting.
		Their theme was how to make an American Movie Quilt.
		Quilts are copyrighted by their designers unless otherwise specified.
	www.quiltersguildofplano.org /bom/bom.shtml (369 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt - Thomas Newman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		How to Make an American Quilt makes a good companion piece to Little Women, although in this instance, the story covers more than a century, the quilt an unsubtle metaphor for the rich tapestry of life.
		The tone is immediately set by the quietly luminous Quilting Theme, a lovely, pastoral tune with Newman toning down his usually fragile string textures and replacing them with something a little warmer.
		Although Newman's contribution is under half an hour, the music is still well worth hearing and if not quite as memorable as Little Women and hampered by the unfortunate production, How to Make an American Quilt is still well worth seeking out.
	www.soundtrack-express.com /osts/howtomakeanamericanquilt.htm (327 words)

	MMI Review: How To Make An American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"How To Make An American Quilt" is one of those splendidly acted movies in which women sit around being WOMEN in capital letters.
		All seven decide to make a wedding quilt for Winona while she finishes her thesis & decides whether or not she will marry Sam, her boyfriend.
		Yeah, they do make them like that anymore and "How To Make An American Quilt" is proof.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/quilt.html (393 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt movie review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dodd is spending her summer at her grandmother's house to have time to herself to make a decision about her fiance's marriage proposal, and to finish her Master's thesis.
		Her grandrelatives and their friends are part of a quilting circle, who are working on a quilt for her wedding.
		While she does this, she is accompanied by the various experiences of the people in the quilting circle.
	www.ram.org /ramblings/movies/american_quilt.html (295 words)

	Movie Review: How To Make An American Quilt
		The question of the movie is one which Finn asks a much-experienced quilter: "Would you rather marry a lover or a friend?" Finn knows that the answer will alter her life forever.
		Through the making of Finn's wedding quilt, each woman relives part of her own life.
		The love supplied in each "patchwork" shows a heartwarming tale of friendship, past romances, and the ability to be stronger through the crises of life.
	www.teenink.com /Past/1995/6427.html (334 words)

	DVD : How to Make an American Quilt
		First of all, I would like to thank my older cousin for introducing this movie to me when I was younger.
		How To Make An American Quilt is quite a charming film.
		Creaking with metaphors, it is a lovely story to watch, with a knockout cast well-skilled in ensemble acting.
	www.crickitalia.com /0783230486/How_to_Make_an_American_Quilt.shtml (513 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For the most part, the performances are good; however, Winona Ryder's tale serves primarily as a framework for the other stories and her many dilemmas (from cheating on her fiancee with a local swimmer, to struggling with her master's thesis) seem purely superficial.
		Overall the film compares the imperfections of relationships to the multitude of panels in a quilt, stitched together with love to make a cohesive whole.
		You know the film can't end until each woman tells her story...ultimately the quilt is too large and smothering.
	www.cinematter.com /movie.php3?howtomake (196 words)

	Movie Reviews by Edwin Jahiel
		The quilting circle is led by imperious master quilter Maya Angelou.
		The movie is itself like a quilt, with its different but interconnected and interrelated characters their and personal stories and histories.
		The cleverest thing is the persistent quilt motif, whether symbolic or almost literal, as in pieces of pottery broken by a furious, cheated wife who later makes a mural (a quilt variant) with them.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/amerquil.htm (690 words)

	How to Make an American Quilt: Widescreen; Subtitled Spanish on DVD - MovieWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Their experiences are brought to life as each woman shares a unique tale with the confused young woman.
		The interwoven memories of each sage member of the quilting bee--including Constance (Kate Nelligan); Anna's daughter, Mariana (Alfre Woodard); and Finn's free-spirited mother, Sally (Kate Capshaw)--become lessons in love, pain, and emotional growth for Finn as the women work to make her wedding quilt.
		A tribute to women's friendship and camaraderie, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT shines with a cast of all-star actresses.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?025192001826 (378 words)

	NAA: How to Make an American (Newspaper) Quilt (Big Ideas, Aug. 2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If every quilt has a story to tell then the one stitched together annually by newspaperwomen in Iowa is a front-page feature.
		The quilts, both done in fl and white to symbolize traditional newspaper design, were the brainchild of CNHI Advertising Director Deb Van Engelenhoven, a quilter who has made more than a dozen quilts on her own.
		This year’s quilt is a more complicated design that resembles the blades of a windmill—a symbol of the Dutch ancestry shared by many of the quilters and the readership of the newspaper in Pella.
	www.naa.org /artpage.cfm?AID=2269&SID=1097 (1289 words)

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