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2. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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   William Morris textile designs. 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 ...

3. Eleanor Burns - Wikipedia

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   Known for. Quilt in a Day. Television. PBS, RFD-TV. Children. 2. Awards. Inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame, 2012. Eleanor Burns (born July 3, 1945, in Zelienople, Pennsylvania) is a master quilter [1] and former TV series host of Quilt in a Day, which aired in 1994 on PBS for six seasons.

4. These DIY Christmas Gifts Will Mean So Much to Family ... - AOL

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   Step 1: Print the animal template of your choice (Squirrel or Deer) and cut out. Using our photo as a guide, pick a mix of fabrics and place your template's pieces on the fabrics; trace and cut out.

5. 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.

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. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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   Quilting became a favoured activity of the Anabaptist sect after emigrating to the United States and Canada from Germany and Switzerland over 250 years ago. The earliest known Amish quilts, dating from 1849, are whole-cloth works in solid colours. Pattern-pieced bed coverings didn't appear until the 1870s.