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2. Tivaevae - Wikipedia

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   Tivaevae or tivaivai (Cook Islands Māori: tīvaevae) in the Cook Islands, tifaifai in French Polynesia, is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women. The word literally means "patches", [ 1 ] in reference to the pieces of material sewn together.

3. Narrative quilting - Wikipedia

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   The quilt had been stitched both by hand and by machine, and contained a border, as well as designs and intersecting lines outlining the panels. Each of the eleven panels of the quilt displayed a scene from the Bible, hence the name of the quilt. One panel contained a depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The second, Eve and one of ...

4. Quatrefoil - Wikipedia

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   Among the most famous works of art employing the barbed quatrefoil are the bronze panels on the south doors of the Florence Baptistery (1330–36) by Andrea Pisano, the bronze panels of the north doors of the Florence Baptistery by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Filippo Brunelleschi's competition entry for the same doors (The Sacrifice of Isaac), as well as ...

5. Harriet Powers - Wikipedia

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   Finished in 1886, The Bible Quilt (measuring 88 in × 73 + 3 ⁄ 4 in, 2,240 mm × 1,870 mm) is constructed out of cotton cloth and arranged in three rows with a total of 11 panels, or squares. [8] [20] Some scenes are given larger panels than others. The quilt has a 'random' quality although the scenes are arranged linearly. [20]

6. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   Quilting templates/patterns come in many varieties and are generally considered the basis of the structure of the quilt, like a blueprint for a house. Bias binding or bias tape can be made from strips of quilt fabric or purchased as quilt binding. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt.

7. Michael James (quilt artist) - Wikipedia

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   His pieced panels eventually grew to encompass 36 strips of fabric, each measuring ¾ to 1 inch wide, [34] and were arranged in "luminous" [35] runs of graded color and value. The quilts themselves could include up to 150 different colors [ 34 ] resulting in intricate compositions that required dozens of pattern templates. [ 36 ]