Paula Isaacs picked up Caroline’s book, originally written when Caroline was in 3rd Grade, as a labor of love. Paula’s passion has always been to rejuvenate the lost art of quilting. She was featured in a segment on HGTV (see video below) and taught quilting classes in her home for several years to encourage children and their parents to learn how to sew and to resurrect the rich history behind quilting, our ancestors, and the millions of people whose lives have been touched by quilting and stories associated with these beautiful masterpieces. Paula took all of Caroline’s early illustrations and edited her words to tell the amazing story behind and the construction of Caroline’s fourth quilt, completed when Caroline was only seven years old.
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From the Author, Caroline Isaacs…
When I was five years old, I started hand sewing my fourth quilt, my log cabin quilt. When I was picturing it, I was imagining the Story of “This Old House”, a story told by my Great Aunt Chris Coutts about our family’s 200 year old homestead. I loved hearing how it was rich with the proud history of our country and the brave men and women who defended it. This story ties my quilt to our family history and acts as a tribute to our Country. The log cabin quilt pattern is made of pieced strips built up like logs and represents the spirit of Abraham Lincoln, the log cabin President, and the simple pioneering values of frontier America: honesty, hard work, humility and liberty.
All about the Quilter, Author, and Illustrator
Caroline Isaacs
Caroline Isaacs, a seventh generation Californian, was born 1991 in Santa Monica, California. She started hand-piecing her log cabin quilt at the age of five years old and finished hand quilting it at the end of first grade. In 1998, her quilt won a Star Blue Ribbon at the Santa Clara County Fair in California.
In February of 2000, HGTV‘s Simply Quilts produced a short segment, episode 544, on her quilt. In 2002, for her eleventh birthday, she and her cousin, Mary raised $2000.00 for Vista del Mar Child Family Services, an adoption service. In 2006, she was the event chair for the West Coast Aquatic Mile Challenge, raising $20,000 at this event (benefiting swim lessons scholarships for low income children in the San Jose area).
Currently, Caroline is a Freshmen at Wheaton College, in Norton, Massachusettes, majoring in Art and minoring in Education. In 2009, she graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, where she was an honor student and Captain of the Varsity Swim Team. She was also the Swim Captain for Mission San Jose Aquatics. Caroline spent two weeks in South Africa in 2008 helping orphaned children and children with aids. She has an older sister, Dory, and a younger brother, Harrison, and 37 first cousins.
A portion the proceeds of The Log Cabin Quilt Story will be donated to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund. This fund honors the bravery and dedication exhibited by Americans in our Armed Forces who have sacrificed life or limb defending our country by providing educational scholarships to their children. Thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Guardsmen have been killed in the War on Terror. .
About the co-Author
Paula Clauss Isaacs
Paula Clauss Isaacs, the mother of Caroline, was born and raised in Lake Ariel Pennsylvania, just miles from This Old House. She is a twelfth generation American. She is the daughter of the late Peter and Jane Macdonald Clauss and one of their ten children. She has an A.A. from Keystone College and a B.S. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Kutztown State University in Pennsylvania. She has been married to her husband, Charles Hart Isaacs for over 25 years, and they have three children, Dory, Caroline and Harrison.
After many years of research, she has recently received membership into the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) through her seventy year old Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather Jacob Kimball, Sr. She has identified eight ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. She plans on honoring each one of them through membership of the DAR.
She is a member of the John Winthrop Society, and Parke Society. She enjoys quilting, photography and genealogy.
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Here is a video of the Author, Caroline Isaacs and Co-Author, Paula Isaacs in action on an HGTV “Simply Quilts” episode:
Here is a video of the Co-Author, Paula Isaacs, reading excerpts of the book at a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Luncheon:
For more information email me at paulaisaacs@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.
The "Log Cabin Quilting Story" Book 