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Patchwork heritage – Blanket America Project Launches with Great Success
February 16th, 2010 | 
Author: Blanket America Project Launches with Great Success
The Blanket America Project launched at the end of December 2009 with great success. Thanks to the Today Show highlighting the Patchwork Heritage Collection, the word about the project has spread from coast to coast and border to border. Mesh Gelman, the Blanket America founder, pledged 5000 blankets during his visit to the Today Show on December 28th and 29th.
Joining Blanket America, Amazon.com is offering the Patchwork Heritage Collection as a pre-order item on their website. JC Penney stores are also due to begin carrying the collection nationwide on January 23rd. The collection is available for pre-order on their website right now. QVC has also signed on to support the Blanket America project, and is currently offering the Patchwork Heritage Collection for pre-order.
The Patchwork Heritage Collection is Blanket America’s buy one, give one public offering. With the purchase of each Patchwork Heritage quilt, a new fleece blanket is donated to charity. Blanket America is working with Gifts in Kind International, one of the leading charitable organizations in the United States
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The Patchwork Heritage Collection includes a decorative commemorative quilt that is also functional, throws, shams and decorative pillows. The quilts and throws feature the January 20th, 2009 Presidential inaugural address with lady liberty standing proudly in the background.
The words of Barak Obama are highlighted quite nicely on the reverse of the quilt and the face of the quilt is comprised of 13 different fabrics representing our 13 original colonies. President Obama’s speech is the foundation of this project and these words, in particular, gave this project life: “Our patchwork heritage is strength, not a weakness.”
To support the Blanket America project and get something in return, pre-order your Patchwork Heritage Collection piece today. The collection makes a lovely, patriotic statement in any home and shows pride on ones country. To order your quilt today, please visit any of the venues mentioned above, or visit the Blanket America website at http://www.blanketamerica.com.
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Since the days of mass immigration from <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, the American quilting tradition has been a constantly evolving amalgam of color and texture, pattern and symbolism. Because immigrants from all over the world brought their quilts with them from their foreign lands, women of old began borrowing each others traditions. Eventually, these combinations of styles became known and the American Melting Pot quilts. In time, these quilts would become known as patchwork quilts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Almost all women quilted, from farm wives to society matrons, young girls to young mothers. The only difference in their patchwork quilts was the quality, texture and colors of the fabrics used. Fabric society women used in patchwork quilts, such as linen and silk, where much more expensive and difficult to come by than cotton harvested from old shirts and sheets. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Young women aspired to have as many as 13 quilts in her possession as part of her dowry chest. When she became engaged a commemorative double wedding ring pattern quilt was usually added. As the years passed, important milestones such as marriages, births, current events and political affiliations were commemorated through quilts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">American history can be tracked through the American quilt. For example, it is easy to distinguish the difference between a Civil War Era quilt and a Spanish American War era quilt. As Americans moved westward, each state eventually had its own quilt. Economic times are reflected in the colors, fabric quality and fabric availability and pattern. During the Roaring 20’s crazy quilts made of satin or silk were popular. During the Great Depression sack cloth from old flour sacks was all that was available to women.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">Today, the Patchwork Heritage quilt by Blanket America is commemorating and reflecting our nation’s current situation. Comprised of 13 different fabrics in red, white and blue that reflect current popular decorating hues, the Patchwork Heritage quilt represents the 13 original colonies. The reverse of the quilt features President Barak Obama’s inaugural address in entirety. The words “We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness” are prominently displayed. To learn about the Patchwork Heritage quilt and how it helps <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s poor though the a buy one, give one charitable project, please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blanketamerica.com/">Obama</a>.<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-EG"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;">The Patchwork Heritage quilt by Blanket America enriches an old American tradition: commemorative quilting. From state quilts created by pioneers to the union quilts with red white and blue motifs, quilting has long since become a part of the fabric of our nation. Thanks to the Patchwork Heritage quilt, that fabric just got a little more interesting. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blanketamerica.com/">http://www.blanketamerica.com</a></div>
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