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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 ...
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An 1826 postcard showing an illustration of "Joe the Quilter's" Cottage, Homers house. [1] Joseph Hedley (also known as Joe the Quilter, 1749 or 1750 – 3 January 1826) was a Quilter from Northumberland. During his life, he was renowned for his quality of craftsmanship, with his work being exported as far as America.
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."
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Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt is a 1989 American documentary film that tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. [2] Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, with a musical score written and performed by Bobby McFerrin, the film focuses on several people who are represented by panels in the Quilt, combining personal reminiscences with archive footage of the subjects, along with ...