Name Quilt #119
Quilted by: Mara Novak (Chester, VT)
Names collected by: Karen K. Stone; and by Kathy Kennedy-Dennis online and at Spring Quilt Market 2010
Width: about 6 inches Length: about 7 feet
Materials/Techniques: Approximately 55 mostly cotton patches, wrong side out, with names of people who have/had Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Names were written by friends and family. It is machine quilted. This quilt is part of "Alzheimer's Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope," a traveling exhibit of 236 quilts sponsored by the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. The exhibit has been touring since 2011.
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