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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsThe Border: Piecing Together a History of Quilts and Related Textiles in South Africa, by Marsha MacDowell1. Traditional bedding and blanket-cloaks of the indigenous people of South Africa, by Menán du Plessis2. South African Kappies, by Vicky Heunis3. The Heritage Quilt: The Anglo-Boer War Women's History Quilt, by Vicky Heunis4. The Boer War Quilt: Discovering History Through Studying a Textile, by Michael Walwyn5. Isishweshwe: A Blueprint Fabric in Southern Africa, by Juliette Leeb-du Toit6. Potchefstroom: A Regional Center of South African Quilt History, by Miems Lamprecht7. The South African Quilters' Guild, by Elsa Brits8. Fibreworks: A South African Textile Artist Organization, by Jeanette Gilks9. Zamani Quilters of Soweto, by Marsha MacDowell10. A Lone Star in Africa, by Dawn Pavitt11. The Empowering Stitch, by Sandra Kriel12. Amazwi Abesifazane-Voices of Women: A Textile History Collection, by Coral Bijoux13. South Africa, AIDS, and Quilts, by Marsha MacDowell14. The Keiskamma Guernica, by Brenda Schmahmann15. The Tapestries of the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda, by Jeni Couzyn and artists from the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda16. Defining a South African Quilt Aesthetic, by Marsha MacDowell17. Common Ground, Building Bridges: The Women of Color Quilters Network and South African Quilt Artists, by Marsha MacDowell, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Patricia Turner18. The Quilt Index: South African Quilt History, Preservation, and Access, by Marsha MacDowellBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsThe Border: Piecing Together a History of Quilts and Related Textiles in South Africa, by Marsha MacDowell1.
Traditional bedding and blanket-cloaks of the indigenous people of South Africa, by Menán du Plessis2.
South African Kappies, by Vicky Heunis3.
The Heritage Quilt: The Anglo-Boer War Women's History Quilt, by Vicky Heunis4.
The Boer War Quilt: Discovering History Through Studying a Textile, by Michael Walwyn5.
Isishweshwe: A Blueprint Fabric in Southern Africa, by Juliette Leeb-du Toit6.
Potchefstroom: A Regional Center of South African Quilt History, by Miems Lamprecht7.
The South African Quilters' Guild, by Elsa Brits8.
Fibreworks: A South African Textile Artist Organization, by Jeanette Gilks9.
Zamani Quilters of Soweto, by Marsha MacDowell10.
A Lone Star in Africa, by Dawn Pavitt11.
The Empowering Stitch, by Sandra Kriel12.
Amazwi Abesifazane-Voices of Women: A Textile History Collection, by Coral Bijoux13.
South Africa, AIDS, and Quilts, by Marsha MacDowell14.
The Keiskamma Guernica, by Brenda Schmahmann15.
The Tapestries of the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda, by Jeni Couzyn and artists from the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda16.
Defining a South African Quilt Aesthetic, by Marsha MacDowell17.
Common Ground, Building Bridges: The Women of Color Quilters Network and South African Quilt Artists, by Marsha MacDowell, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Patricia Turner18.
The Quilt Index: South African Quilt History, Preservation, and Access, by Marsha MacDowellBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex.
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