| Quilting began in America from a shortage
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| | time. Small quilts were made to welcome
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| of fabric and the ingenuity of the early
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| | a new baby into the community; large
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| settlers. Women would turn worn-out
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| | bed-size quilts were made for a young
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| clothes, blankets, curtains, towels, and
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| | couple getting married; and other quilts
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| sheets into works of art to keep their
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| | were made as blankets were needed or when
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| families warm during the cold New England
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| | fabrics were available. As girls grew
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| winters. As with so many other community
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| | up, they joined the quilting circles,
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| events, such as building homes and barns,
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| | learning quiltmaking skills, becoming a
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| sharing the harvests, and celebrating,
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| | part of the quilting community, and
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| quilting became an activity that brought
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| | continuing the tradition initiated many
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| families together for the common
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| | generations prior.As America grew and
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| good.Women would gather, often weekly, to
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| | changed, so did quilting. Quilting
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| sew. Fabric, patterns, and labor were
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| | circles continue their tradition in some
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| shared. Frequently, everyone in the
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| | communities, both in geographical and in
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| group would work on the same quilt so it
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| | social communities.
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| could be finished in a shorter period of
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