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  2. Quilts of the Underground Railroad - Wikipedia

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    In Stitched from the Soul (1990), Gladys-Marie Fry asserted that quilts were used to communicate safe houses and other information about the Underground Railroad, which was a network through the United States and into Canada of "conductors", meeting places, and safe houses for the passage of African Americans out of slavery.

  3. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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    William Morris (1834-1898), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory-produced textiles. With this goal in mind, he created his own workshop and designed dozens of patterns for hand-produced ...

  4. Joseph Hedley - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Hedley. An 1826 postcard showing an illustration of "Joe the Quilter's" Cottage, Homers house. [1] Joseph Hedley (also known as Joe the Quilter, 1749 or 1750 – 3 January 1826) was a Quilter from Northumberland. During his life, he was renowned for his quality of craftsmanship, with his work being exported as far as America.

  5. Yvonne Wells - Wikipedia

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    Yvonne Wells with her quilt "Yesterday: Civil Rights in the South III" (1989) at the first Realizing the Dream concert in Tuscaloosa, AL on January 13, 1990. Yvonne Wells (born December 26, 1939, Tuscaloosa, Alabama) [1] is an African-American folk artist and quilter from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She is best known for her self-taught style and her ...

  6. Harriet Powers - Wikipedia

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    Pictorial Quilt 1898. Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) [1] was an American folk artist and quilter born into slavery in rural northeast Georgia. Powers used traditional appliqué techniques to make quilts that expressed local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events. Powers married young and had a large family.

  7. Marie Webster - Wikipedia

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    Marie Daugherty Webster (July 19, 1859 – August 29, 1956) was a quilt designer, quilt producer, and businesswoman, as well as a lecturer and author of Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them (1915), the first American book about the history of quilting, reprinted many times since. She also ran the Practical Patchwork Company, a quilt ...

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  9. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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    Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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