{"id":1504346,"date":"2023-04-21T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/?p=1504346"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:50:42","slug":"stories-unfolded-40-mississippi-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/journal\/stories-unfolded-40-mississippi-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Unfolded: 40 Mississippi Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1504346\" class=\"elementor elementor-1504346\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bc8742 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bc8742\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a699580\" data-id=\"a699580\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95577fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95577fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>\u201cThe stories connected with Mississippi quilters, and their quilts tell of joy, tragedy, resilience, and hope, and they give us insight into our state\u2019s history, culture, and people.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0&#8211; Mary Lohrenz, An excerpt from her foreword written for the\u00a0<i>Stories Unfolded<\/i>\u00a0exhibition catalog.<br \/><br \/>In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiltfolk, Issue 26: Mississippi, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we spoke with Nan Prince, director of collections at the Mississippi Department of Archives &amp; History, about the 200+ quilt collection housed at the Two Mississippi Museums: The Museum of Mississippi History and The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the grand opening, the museum wanted to choose artifacts that would tell the state\u2019s story in a dramatic way. They chose to showcase quilts. The resulting exhibit, titled S<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tories Unfolded,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> included 40 quilts made between the 1830s and 2014, selected by Curator Mary Lohrenz. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issue 26<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we dive deeper into the collection and explain why quilts were chosen as the museum\u2019s first exhibit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aff237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6aff237\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0999d77\" data-id=\"0999d77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f36012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f36012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1504593\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1200x1799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-620x929.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232100\/3087_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Exhibition at the Museum of Mississippi History. Photo by Azuree Holloway. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59b7162\" data-id=\"59b7162\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb9a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbb9a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1504594\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA-620x414.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232056\/3114_TWO-MISSISSIPPI-MUSEUM-QF-26-MS-BY-AZUREE-HOLLOWAY_QF20-by-AZUREE-WIITALA.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Quilt display at the Museum of Mississippi History. (Top, L-R): Cathedral Window (early 1980s) by Iris Oneida Baxter Byrd, Walkabout (2010) by Diane Williams, and Hexagonal Star (c. 1972) by mother and daughter Choctaw quilters, Dorothy and Ivora Thomas. (Bottom, L-R): Princess Feather (mid-to-late 19th century) from the John Ford home in Marion County, Monkey Wrenches (1930s) by Maudie Brewer, and Snake Trail (1950s) by an unknown maker. From the collection of the Museum Division, Mississippi Department of Archives &amp; History. Photo by Azuree Holloway.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1213cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1213cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0bc446\" data-id=\"b0bc446\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b719751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b719751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, today, we wanted to share with you another resource from the Mississippi Department of Archives &amp; History website.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/proficioweb.mdah.ms.gov\/MExhibit.aspx?rID=Stories%20Unfolded&amp;dir=MDAHWEB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0below to view all 40 quilts featured in the exhibit\u2014and learn about these amazing Mississippi artifacts for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f812352 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f812352\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1d00d9\" data-id=\"c1d00d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7777b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7777b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/proficioweb.mdah.ms.gov\/MExhibit.aspx?rID=Stories%20Unfolded&#038;dir=MDAHWEB\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-975x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1504595\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-975x1024.jpg 975w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-1200x1260.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-600x630.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other-620x651.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232052\/Other.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click to view all 40 quilts featured in Stories Unfolded.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55f977a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55f977a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54f20b4\" data-id=\"54f20b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e841b45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e841b45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, of course, check out <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiltfolk,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/issue-26-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 26: Mississippi<\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to \u201cjoin us\u201d inside the textile collection storage space, where we discovered some of Mississippi\u2019s most powerful, beautiful, and provocative quilts, both on the walls and in the vaults.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bd241b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bd241b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5f4dd3\" data-id=\"b5f4dd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b0a1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5b0a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quiltfolk.com\/issue-26-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1504597\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/quiltfolk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20231018232048\/Issue16-Cover-72.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click to visit the Issue 26: Mississippi purchase page. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e01a853 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e01a853\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7442f2d\" data-id=\"7442f2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b512804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b512804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a003d6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a003d6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Breanna Briggs joined the\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Quiltfolk<\/i> team in 2016 and has worn many hats over the years. 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