Volume 1 of a compilation of weaving papers, samples, photographs and worksheets for 21 overshot coverlets woven by Helen N. Jarvis between 1974 and 1996. Each coverlet section has a source note, photographs, planning sheets with yarn, sett and warp-length calculations, and threading and treadling drafts with section markers. Patterns include Chariot Wheels, Compass and Squares, Dog Tracks, Double Chariot Wheels, Double Compass, Pine Cone, 16 Roses, Sun, Moon and Stars, and a miniature Maltese Cross for a doll bed. Instructions for weaving an inscription into overshot or other block weaves recur in several sections. A preface explains the purpose as a head start for first-time coverlet weavers, to be used with the author's book Weaving a Traditional Coverlet.

Volume 2 of Helen N. Jarvis's compiled weaving papers for 21 coverlets, covering eight reproduction coverlets woven 1974-1996. Five are in Summer and Winter (Flower Pot, Bird's Nest, Pine Tree and Snowball, Pine Tree and Snowballs, Whig Rose) and three in overshot patterned doubleweave (King's Flower, Michael Weaver's #29, Pine Cone). Each section has photographs, fabric samples, planning worksheets with yarn, sett and warp-length calculations, block and thread-by-thread threading drafts, treadling and tie-up drafts, and drawdowns. It also includes instructions for weaving an inscription within overshot or other block weaves, and a letter to her granddaughter describing the King's Flower coverlet project, with materials, sett and time spent.