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2. Baltimore album quilts - Wikipedia

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   Baltimore album quilts originated in Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1840s. They have become one of the most popular styles of quilts and are still made today. These quilts are made up of a number of squares called blocks. Each block has been appliquéd with a different design. The designs are often floral, but many other motifs are also used, such ...

3. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   Quilting. Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges. Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm ...

4. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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   Patchwork or " pieced work " is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors). These shapes are carefully measured and cut, basic geometric shapes making them easy to piece ...

5. Quilts of the Underground Railroad - Wikipedia

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   The book claims that there was a quilt code that conveyed messages in counted knots and quilt block shapes, colors and names. [5] In a 2007 Time magazine article, Tobin stated: "It's frustrating to be attacked and not allowed to celebrate this amazing oral story of one family's experience.

6. Quilt - Wikipedia

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   A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of ...

7. Nakshi kantha - Wikipedia

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   Nakshi kantha, a type of embroidered quilt, is a centuries-old Bengali art tradition of the Bengal region, notable in Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and part of Assam. [1][2][3] The basic materials used are thread and old cloth. [4] Nakshi kanthas are made throughout Bangladesh, primarily in the areas of Mymensingh ...