Preface Acknowledgments The Border: Piecing Together a History of Quilts and Related Textiles in South Africa, by Marsha MacDowell 1. Traditional bedding and blanket-cloaks of the indigenous people of South Africa, by Menán du Plessis 2. South African Kappies, by Vicky Heunis 3. The Heritage Quilt: The Anglo-Boer War Women's History Quilt, by Vicky Heunis 4. The Boer War Quilt: Discovering History Through Studying a Textile, by Michael Walwyn 5. Isishweshwe: A Blueprint Fabric in Southern Africa, by Juliette Leeb-du Toit 6. Potchefstroom: A Regional Center of South African Quilt History, by Miems Lamprecht 7. The South African Quilters' Guild, by Elsa Brits 8.

Fibreworks: A South African Textile Artist Organization, by Jeanette Gilks 9. Zamani Quilters of Soweto, by Marsha MacDowell 10. A Lone Star in Africa, by Dawn Pavitt 11. The Empowering Stitch, by Sandra Kriel 12. Amazwi Abesifazane--Voices of Women: A Textile History Collection, by Coral Bijoux 13. South Africa, AIDS, and Quilts, by Marsha MacDowell 14. The Keiskamma Guernica, by Brenda Schmahmann 15. The Tapestries of the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda, by Jeni Couzyn and artists from the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda 16.

Defining a South African Quilt Aesthetic, by Marsha MacDowell 17. Common Ground, Building Bridges: The Women of Color Quilters Network and South African Quilt Artists, by Marsha MacDowell, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Patricia Turner 18. The Quilt Index: South African Quilt History, Preservation, and Access, by Marsha MacDowell Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index.