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2. Ruby McKim - Wikipedia

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   Ruby Short McKim (née Short; July 27, 1891 – July 26, 1976) was an American quilt designer, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and magazine editor.She developed an early interest in drawing, and graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art in 1912.

3. Afghan (blanket) - Wikipedia

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   By 1860, Afghan as a noun, not an adjective, denoted a type of handicrafted object shown at state fairs and other exhibitions, [4] along with patchwork and knitted quilts, and was being mentioned in novels: [5]

4. Log Cabin (quilt block) - Wikipedia

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   Names were not standard, but 20th-century quilt pattern books chose names for blocks while acknowledging they could be known by other names. [5] One popular pattern was the Log Cabin. [ 6 ] Log Cabin quilts were mentioned in print as early as 1863, with archival examples dating back to 1874.

5. Nakshi kantha - Wikipedia

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   Quilt, 19th century, cotton and wool. Nakshi kantha. Nakshi kantha, a type of embroidered quilt, is a centuries-old Bengali art tradition of the Bengal region, notably in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and parts of Assam. [1] [2] [3] The basic materials used are thread and old cloth. [4]

6. Quilt - Wikipedia

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   Echo quilting, where a quilted outline of the appliqué pattern is repeated like ripples out to the edge of the quilt, is the most common quilting pattern employed on Hawaiian-style quilts. Beautiful examples are held in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum , Honolulu, Hawaii.

7. Kantha - Wikipedia

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   Kantha stitching is also used to make simple quilts, commonly known as nakshi kantha. Women in Bengal typically use old saris and cloth and layer them with kantha stitching to make a light blanket, throw, or bedspread, especially for children. Kantha is very popular with tourists visiting the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.

8. Quilt Index - Wikipedia

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   The Quilt Index Wiki which became live in August 2008, is a collaborative, user-generated tool for quilters and quilt scholars featuring information about state and provincial quilt documentation projects, including publication lists and locations where records are housed. The wiki also provides an expanding directory of museums with quilt ...

9. Eleanor Burns - Wikipedia

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   Burns first started stitching on her Aunt Edna's feed sacks. Her first book, Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern, was self-published in 1978.The book has been credited with starting a quilt-making revolution as people learned Burns's style of stitching a quilt.