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2. Yvonne Wells - Wikipedia

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   Quiltmaker. Folk Artist. Years active. 1979–present. 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 story quilts depicting scenes from the Bible and the Civil Rights Movement.

3. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s). A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

4. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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   Medallion Quilt, c. 1830. Cotton. Brooklyn Museum. Medallion quilts are made around a center. The center was sometimes a solid piece of large-scale fabric like a toile or a Tree of Life, an appliqued motif or a large pieced star or other pieced pattern. The central area was surrounded by two or more borders.

5. 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 ...

6. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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   A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [ 1 ] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the United States).

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 ...