Jo Anne Ryeburn and Dorothy Cross showed slides and textiles that they collected on their individual trips to India. Jo Anne also had the opportunity to attend the UNESCO Symposium on Natural Dyeing.

This book covers basic basket making techniques rather briefly. The focus is on using unusual materials. Twining, coiling, plaiting, and other techniques each have a chapter along with the features of the materials traditionally used with that technique. For example, twining is done with rigid elements for stakes or spokes and more pliable elements for the weavers; very soft materials are used in traditional plaiting. After the explanation, directions are given for specific projects using unusual materials such as: twigs, moss, ribbon, grape vines, paper, wire.

This is not a weaving book, rather a record of an extraordinary textile project started by an Ontario fiber artist. People from every nation in the world, represented by a person or people living in Canada, were invited to sew a square showing a significant feature of the country of their heritage. First nations people of Canada along with people from around the globe participated, to make a 120 foot magnificent, colorful quilt that is meant to celebrate the talent and diversity of Canadians.