Re: Quilts and Applique

["Rowanwald Central" <rownwald@gte.net>]

Poster: "Rowanwald Central" <rownwald@gte.net>

> From: Robert and Tammy Jones <rissaroo@mindspring.com>

> While I wouldn't consider taking anyones' children, I do have a book
> called, Patchwork Pilgrimage by Jill Liddell, which has 2 color photos of
> patchwork before 1600.  One of these is a chasuble made of scraps of silk
> in block designs that we still use today.  It was used by a priest in
> England during the reformation (c 1540), when Catholics were often
> persecuted.  When rolled up, the chasuble would look just like any other
> piece of bedding.
> 
> Branwen Wallis

 Oh Oh OH!!!!! I would LOVE to see those pictures!!!!! And so would about
eighty of my friends...

Rosine
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