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Chatelaine- Free BOW Sampler Quilt Block 52 - Threadbare Creations
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Chatelaine- Free BOW Sampler Quilt Block 52

This weeks stunning block is Contrary Wife. My research on the history of this block, led to me to the life of Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble (1809-1893), who was deemed to be a "contrary wife". Fanny was a British actress who retired at the age of 25, to marry the American plantation owner, Pierce Mease Butler. She moved to America and lived on his Georgia plantation from 1838-1839. The living and working conditions of the plantations slaves, appalled her. She tried to improve conditions and…
Margaret Lynch
Margaret Lynch

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