(taken from the International Quilt Center information) Pojagi are Korean "wrapping cloths." In many countries, particularly in Asia, cultural traditions call for the use of beautiful cloth to wrap objects. In Korean culture, these wrappings have been and continue to be made in bursts of colorful patchwork or imaginative embroidery, in fine and coarse materials, and from small to large scale. Pojagi had many uses. They served to cover, wrap, store, and carry objects in the common activities of daily life. They were made as tablecloths, to cover food, to wrap wedding gifts, to carry possessions on a journey, and to adorn and protect sacred writings. Women used wrapping cloths filled with cotton batting and quilted to wrap fragile objects or to cover food to keep it hot. Pojagi also had special uses in elaborate betrothal and marriage customs and in religious devotional rituals.
http://www.quiltstudy.org/discover/quilt_of_the_month.html
The September 2008 quilt of the month is the Pojagi created and donated to the center by Mrs. Kim
If you plan to visit the center in person, please plan to stay at the Hawley Bed & Breakfast http://www.hawleybb.com/ to be close to the center.
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- John and Peggy have been married 46 years. John semi retired January 2007 and is fully retired in the summer of 2008. Peggy works full time at the University of Nebraska. We have 2 children Robert and Leeza. We also have 8 grandchildren. All live in Lincoln and we enjoy having them close. The Hawley Bed & Breakfast was open for 6 years. Now the Hawley House is in an 1890's Victorian built as two town homes that has been opened into one home and is a local historical landmark. We will be moving into the home in 2011 from across the street. We have 3 dogs Miko (12), Snoopy (10) & Sophie (8).
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