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A collection of book and fibre arts, art and poetry curated by Jessica Smith, author of Organic Furniture Cellar and Editor of Outside Voices Press.
Quilts, embroidery, lace, and other “women’s works” have their own languages.  You can “read” colors, patterns and other codes in them.  Here is one example of how the top quilt stitching in African-American quilts may have hid secret information— and saved lives.

Quilts, embroidery, lace, and other “women’s works” have their own languages.  You can “read” colors, patterns and other codes in them.  Here is one example of how the top quilt stitching in African-American quilts may have hid secret information— and saved lives.

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