Embroider designs or pictures on different coloured pieces of fabric; cut them out; quilt them together to create a larger picture. What does the artist get?
The earliest evidence of patchwork dates back to 3,200 BCE, used by ancient Egyptians for their clothes, wall decorations, draperies and furniture. The art also appears in China and Japan around 300 – 400 CE. But is does not appear in Europe befor the Middle Ages.
Fun to have a couple of cushions with different quilted patchwork pictures on your sofa. Very decorative...
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