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unusual facts about Quilt


Quilt

Henry VIII of England's household inventories record dozens of "quyltes" and "coverpointes" among the bed linen, including a green silk one for his first wedding to Catherine of Aragon quilted with metal threads, linen-backed, and worked with roses and pomegranates.


Barbara Brackman

Barbara Brackman (born July 6, 1945) is a quilt historian and author, currently residing in Lawrence, Kansas.

Between Two Rivers

Residents include a quilter commissioned by the United Nations, an undertaker, an ex-Luftwaffe pilot, a plastic surgeon specialising in sex change operations, and the story involves the complex interactions between them, including love affairs, rape, suicide and poisoning.

Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

Other events include a Civil War Re-enactment, a harvest festival, a juried quilt show, and a Halloween Trick-or-Treat.

Common Threads

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, a documentary film about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

Fred Quilt inquiry

The Fred Quilt inquiries were two inquiries into the November 1971 death of Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation in the Chilcotin Country region of the west-central British Columbia Interior.

Kyra E. Hicks

Hicks also confirmed the price of the Pictorial Quilt paid by the owner Maxim Karolik who donated the quilt to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Myriad Editions

As of August 2011, Myriad Editions has published several more new novels, including Quilt, by Nicholas Royle, Invisibles by Ed Siegle and 4a.m. by Nina de la Mer, as well as Elizabeth Haynes's Into the Darkest Corner, winner of Round 1 of Amazon Rising Stars.

Quilt Trail

Donna Sue Groves wanted to honor her mother, Maxine, a noted quilter, with a painted quilt square on the family's barn in Manchester, Ohio.

Southern AIDS Living Quilt

More than 80 women are represented on the Living Quilt from 13 southern states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Velda Newman

Newman has received numerous national and international quilting awards, including her quilt "Hydrangea" being listed as one of "The 20th Century's 100 Best Quilts".


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