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Peace Fellow Beth Wofford explaining quilting ideas to the group of women from Mimon.
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Enjoying the brainstorming session.
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38 year old Renata Dufkova, one of the women working on the quilt.
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Quilter 19 year old Leona Pollakova with her 1 year old daughter Sara in her lap.
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26 year old quilter Zaneta Gazlova.
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20 year old quilter Lenka Dirdova.
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Craftswoman and activist Emilie Horačkova.
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Emilie Zigova smiles for the camera
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Embroidered bird
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Embroidery example
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Getting ready to quilt
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Two panels by Zaneta
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Emilie Horackova's panel
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Zaneta and Leona
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Leona working on her panel.
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Lenka hard at work on her panel.
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Zaneta with her panel and her son David.
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Dusan, Zaneta's son, embroidered a breakdancer. He is quite the artist, and a huge help in translating!
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Lenka accidentally embroidered onto the tablecloth!
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Renata helping Lenka on her panel.
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Leona working on her panel.
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Renata helping Leona on her panel.
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Renata with her panel, a memorial piece dedicated to her husband and all the other Roma women who have been left to raise their children alone.
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Renata shows me her panel.
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Renata's panel.
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Emilie, Emilie, and Renata
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Full body shot of Renata.
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Full body shot of Emilie
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Emilie's headshot
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Renata's headshot