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The Denver Center Theater Company produced the world premiere of Quilters in 1982. [1] The musical then was produced at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California, in December 1983; [2] the Pittsburgh Public Theater from December 16, 1983 to January 30, 1984; [3] and for 7 weeks at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, running from August 4, 1984 to September 1984. [4]
This is a list of quilters - notable people who are known for their quilts or quilting. This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it. A. Nellie Mae Abrams ...
Pages in category "Quilters" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Joseph Hedley was born at some point in 1749 or 1750 in Northumberland. [2] Little is known about his early life except what scant information is given in his obituaries, which are more interested in contrasting the peacefulness of his late life with his grisly murder. [3]
Some quilters also use a home sewing machine for quilting together the layers of the quilt, as well as binding the final product. While most home sewing machines can be used to quilt layers together, having a wide throat (the space to the right of the needle mechanism) is useful to manipulate a bulky quilt through the machine when the throat is ...
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting.
Mary Alice Barton (June 9, 1917 – December 7, 2003) was a nationally recognized American quilter, quilt historian, collector and philanthropist. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame as of September 29, 1984, for greatly contributing "through her collecting, researching and sharing of information."
The Women of Color Quilters Network (WCQN) was founded in 1986 by Carolyn L. Mazloomi. For many years in the early 1980s, Mazloomi had tried unsuccessfully to expand her circle of African American quilters. She eventually placed an advertisement in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine requesting correspondence with other quilters who shared this ...