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Combining Stitches: The artistry of Hmong and Amish quilters

“Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place.”                                                                                                                                                 -Amish Proverb The hours of inactivity in the Thai refugee camp deadened the spirit and the soul. So the Hmong women turned to the comfort that needle and thread had given to generations of women before them. As their sharp needles […]