Wednesday 17 August 2016

SATURDAY 2nd JULY BRANCH MEETING with NONA JENKINS AMERICAN QUILTS - THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY


We had a very enjoyable meeting on Saturday 2nd July.  Our
 guest speaker, Nona Jenkins gave us an extremely interesting talk on American quilts and in particular on the Underground Railway.  This was the name of the organisation that helped black slaves escape from the Southern States of America to Canada and freedom.














Nona brought along all sorts of small quilts to illustrate the ways that messages were passed along.
She also showed us some of the beautiful quilts that she had made.


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