Woman Is A Quilt
For millennia women through out the world have spent their 'spare time' making quilts. A quilt is a bed covering or garment, that consists of three layers of fabric; A top, the batting, and the backing/lining. In Raymond Bial's With Needle and Thread He states, "the first known depiction of quilting is from 3400 B.C. and features an Egyptian pharaoh wearing a quilted garment". (Bial 18). It is believed decorative quilting came to Europe from Asia during the Crusades (A.D. 1100-1300), because the textile arts were more developed in China and India then in the West."Until the Industrial Revolution of the 1800's, women raised sheep for wool and grew flax and cotton". (Bial 18). From these sources were made thread and
To support abolition, "The Women's Christian Temperance Union used a pattern called the Drunkards Path in their quilts". "The AIDS Memorial Quilt has helped stir public awareness and concern for those who are ill and who have died from the disease". Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. It's popularity stems from usefulness as well as its beauty. fabric for sewing clothing, bed linen and quilts. Some African-Americans made Story quilts in remembrance of their history and heritage. Wives made quilts to give to soldiers or raffled them for charities. Works CitedBial, Raymond. I remember watching my grandma sitting on a couch, cooing to me in my crib as she quilted. From the American Civil War to present day, women have used quilts as vehicles for remembrance, statements for change, and artistic expression. Because they had to make their own fabric; it was a precious commodity, therefor sewing was an essential skill. Patterns are bequeathed to succeeding generations, and new designs are added as time marches on.
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