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A patchwork quilt inspired by the Suffragettes

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Block sixteen: Catch me if you can

Catch me if you can is included because the suffragettes went into hiding after they were released through the Cat and Mouse Act. They...

Block fifteen: Coronation

I picked Coronation mainly because I have a lot of respect for The Queen and the long reign she has had with dignity. I think for any...

Block fourteen: Lady of the white house

I am hopeful that one day, one day there will be a female president of the USA. We came close in 2016 and I still cannot understand how...

Block thirteen: Hourglass

There is no real 'suffragette' meaning for this post, other than to show how time moves on through the hourglass. The triangles need to...

Block eleven: Brave new world

Oh what a brave new world the suffragette's were hoping for after the representation of people's act in 1918, I wonder what they would...

Block nine: barristers block

Helena Florence Normanton was the first female barrister and the second woman to be called to the bar in the UK. When she married she was...

Block seven: Amethyst

I chose Amethyst because it is one of the colours of the suffragette's. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, editor of Votes for Women, a weekly...

Block five: Carrie the nation

Women carry the nation. Women carry out at least two and a half times more unpaid household and care work than men. Globally, girls aged...

Block four: Ladies Wreath - Epsom races

As I explained in my first block Emily Wilding Davidson died at the Epsom races in 1913 after attempting to put a suffragette sash on the...

And still I rise...

I have been toying with the idea of creating a patchwork quilt inspired by the suffragettes using fabrics inspired by the era for a...

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