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Quilting in Russia
-first quilt in existence-was found in a Mongolian cave-linen carpet-could date as far back as ancient Egypt (3500BC) -
Amish quilting
-Oldest amish quilts from 1849- were originally all in one plain colour-Patterns did not start appearing on amish quilts until the 1870s -
Crazy quilting
the word crazy was used for the first time to describe the random, a-symmetrical pattern-reached its peak in 1880s-continued to be made into the 1920s -
Signature changi quilts
-quilts were made a changi prison by the women.3 signature quilts were made (referred to as british, Australian and Japanese quilts)Women given plane white square of cotton and had to make something with their signature in it. -
Quilting in Europe
-quilting introduced in 1971-made into aketon or gambeson (clothing which was worn underneath armour.- tristan quilt- one of the earliest decorative works. Made in sicily in 1932.
