My friends have family do, but I don't. I have seen quilts made out of old camouflage BDU's (Battle Dress Uniforms) that start my mind reeling about stereotypes and items put to new use.
My grandfather is a quilter. He's made several quilts, some finer and more interesting than my grandmothers. He even put a quilt together from our (here I mean the children and grandchildren of the family) blue jeans, pieced together throughout the years.
Your grandfather sounds like a very interesting and creative man! A blue jean quilt sounds like it'd have thousands of stories to tell (especially jeans worn by little kids--multiple stories in those!)
Some of my brightest female students at the high school where I teach quilt during classes to relax and concentrate while the teachers lecture. I don't quilt, but I guess this practice is still common.
I went to a conference in May and a quilt - made by a woman and purchased by another woman - was made of T-shirts from past conferences. The computers and writing conference is techy and highly attended by men. It got me thinking about non-gendered things commemorated in quilts - like the Army quilts you mentioned. Does it matter who crafts the commemoration?
My grandfather is a quilter. He's made several quilts, some finer and more interesting than my grandmothers. He even put a quilt together from our (here I mean the children and grandchildren of the family) blue jeans, pieced together throughout the years.
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DeleteSome of my brightest female students at the high school where I teach quilt during classes to relax and concentrate while the teachers lecture. I don't quilt, but I guess this practice is still common.
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I went to a conference in May and a quilt - made by a woman and purchased by another woman - was made of T-shirts from past conferences. The computers and writing conference is techy and highly attended by men. It got me thinking about non-gendered things commemorated in quilts - like the Army quilts you mentioned. Does it matter who crafts the commemoration?
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