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Quotes by Jean Tyson

Jean Tyson

“With the schoolhouse quilt, the quilter brings the bright colors of the background forward and the foreground backwards through the use of color.”

“A lot of people hung them on the walls and on their windows. In the winter it kept out the cold and in the summer it kept mosquitoes out.”

“We just love the way they look and how they fit into a different aesthetic than the Euro-American quilts. Each one has its own individual and original quality.”