Quilt Garden.
The North Carolina Arboretum.
The Quilt Garden is a unique interpretation of traditional quilt block patterns with plants, representing the close ties between heritage crafts and gardening and the contemporary art and craft of quilting in the Southern Appalachian region.
The Quilt Garden pattern for 2014 is "Rail Fence." The Rail Fence Quilt Block developed in Colonial times as families gathered around home fires telling stories and reading to one another. Different quilts displaying various patterns were hung outdoors over fences or clothesline to convey different meanings. Rail Fence, Wagon Wheel and the Star and Crossroads patterns were commonly used. Rail Fence patterned quilts indicated the correct path for the traveler.
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