OLD TRADITIONSlmemory quilts
AnneWilliamstakes a lookat memoryquilts andchats
to DebMcGuire,who incorporatestreasuredpersonal
moments into her modern-day pieces.
NEW TWISTS
OLD TRADITIONS,
Above,EdwinandMaryBloomfieldCoverlet,makerunknown,1850,UK.Unusualin itsdesign,thiscoverlet
featuresexcerptsoftextthathavereligioussignificance,mainlyrelatingtothedeathofa child.Thissuggests
that the coverlet wasmadetocommemoratea tragiclossexperiencedbytwoparents, Edwin and Mary
Bloomfield, whose names are placed in the central hexagon
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