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Quilting Bee at Skanzen Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum, Aug. 2019

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A noticeable trend in the quilts during the quilt movement and future designs representative of it is the use of blue dye in each quilt block. The dye process is very complex: printing blocks apply starch-paste designs on white cotton, then the fabric sets in an indigo bath for hours until the desired shade of blue is reached. It is then rinsed in sulfuric acid and water, which reveals the white patterns and rinses excess dye. Seven families in Hungary today still make blue-dyed textiles, used mostly for quilting.

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Hungarian blue-dyed quilts keep tradition alive (chron.com)

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The head of the project, Christalena Hughmanick, published a book and PDF of the freedom quilt patterns for the Hungary movement for people to freely purchase and partake in making quilt blocks even today. The quilts can be donated to be features online via Hughmanick's social platforms.

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Freedom Quilt Pattern Book Download — christalena hughmanick

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A PDF of the Freedom Quilt Hungary project artifact is now available. This publication doubles as an exhibition catalog and instruction manual for creating selections of patchwork blocks made by twelve of the Hungarian artists that contributed to the project in 2019. If you make a block from the

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In 1989, significant events took place. This included the falling of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, which led to Hungary's independence and the opening of Hungary's border fence. During this time, the Hungarian Patchwork Guild was formed through a government-issued grant, and 30 years later (2019), a US Department grant allowed for projects celebrating the 30-year anniversary of their independence.

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The Freedom Quilt Hungary Project united people around free speech and democracy through art movements and public events. In 1989, eight workshops were help at US Embassy American Corners locations where participants created quilt blocks based on a prompt of "what does freedom mean to you?"

The blocks were sewn into a large quilt by members of the Hungarian Patchwork Guild at the Skanzen Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum in 2019.

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The Freedom Quilt Hungary is a project designed by Christalena Hughmanick to unite people around the topic of free speech and democracy through a series of public events and the creation of a collectively made artwork. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Socialist regime change and the formation of the Magyar Foltvarró Céh (Hungarian Patchwork Guild) in 1989, eight workshops were held at US Embassy American Corners locations, Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem and Brody Studios. During these free of cost workshops, Christalena provided a lecture on American Patchwork quilting traditions and their connections to cultural diversity, creative expression and storytelling. Participants were given basic sewing and appliqué skills with materials in order to design and create a 40 cm by 40 cm quilt block based on the prompt "what does freedom mean to you?"

In addition, The Hungarian Patchwork Guild circulated a call for blocks amongst their member network around the country. The primary material choice for this work is kékfestö cloth which is a resist indigo dye technique that holds particular significance in the cultural and political past in Hungary. The collected blocks were sewn into one large quilt by members of the Hungarian Patchwork Guild in the format of a public quilting bee at the Skanzen Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum in August 2019. This slow hand work inherently lent to the sharing of skills, news and practical information in a social manner which was not experienced by quilters in Hungary until 1989 when the newly sovereign government began funding non-profit organizations. All decisions on block inclusion, layout and top stitching patterns were decided by a majority vote taken with present members each day.

An edition of 100 risograph printed books was designed by Ryan Ingebritson and released in Budapest, Hungary and Chicago, USA. The publication doubles as an exhibition catalog and instruction manual for creating a selection of twelve blocks made by guild members that are in the quilt. Included in this book is an essay by Christalena that outlines the series of events and how the foundational goal of cross-cultural exchange between Hungary and the United States was approached. This work continues to evolve through exhibitions and circulation of the book as quilters around the world remake the included patterns. A free PDF download can be found here: http://www.christalenahughmanick.com/shop/freedom-quilt-hungary-book-download and the project can be followed through social media accounts at https://www.instagram.com/ freedom_quilt_hungary/ and https://www.facebook.com/freedom.quilt. More info at http:// www.christalenahughmanick.com/performancevideo#/freedom-quilt-hungary/.

Project Press / Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, ephemera, web url, YouTube, social media, etc.:
Hughmanick, Christalena. "The Freedom Quilt: Collective Patchwork In Post-Communist
Hungary." Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles, Co-edited by Janis Jefferies & Vivienne Richmond, Bloomsbury Press, Volume 8: Politics & Power (unpublished manuscript).
"Freedom Quilt: Collective Patchwork in Post-Communist Hungary," Hidden Stories/Human Lives; Proceedings of the Textile Society of America's 17th Annual Symposium, October 14, 2020.
Ágnes Parnaki Interview, Hungarian Patchwork Guild Magazine, December 2019. Print.
Less Than Half, Women of Chicago, September 8, 2020 https://lessthanhalf.org/50-women/2020/9/8/women-of-chicago? fbclid=IwAR3vJrcEv8LkDjepkGXqn_CWDjn_K5KLFkvR7YzpKL8QVtf7qzhlWx-04ig
Lori Waxman, COVID Reviews, Quarantine Times, July 17, 2020 https://quarantinetimes.org/news/39n8m6s9azf4qddl5qzvh7d2rmsl38
https://andrewrafacz.com/exhibitions/freedom-quilt-hungary-book-release/
http://www.christalenahughmanick.com/performancevideo#/freedom-quilt-hungary/
http://www.christalenahughmanick.com/shop/freedom-quilt-hungary-book-download
https://www.instagram.com/freedom_quilt_hungary
https://www.facebook.com/freedom.quilt
https://shop.softha.us/products/freedom-quilt-pattern

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The Freedom Quilt Hungary is a project designed by Christalena Hughmanick to unite people around the topic of free speech and democracy through a series of public events and the creation of a collectively made artwork.