I first read about the quilt being made by the prisoners in the high security wing of Wandsworth Prison in the Autumn edition of the magazine Intelligent Life. You can read the article here online.
It has turned up in the news again on Times Online, as the newspaper is supporting the charity Fine Cell Work in its Christmas Charity Appeal, that is involved in the production of the quilt.
The quilt is to go on display in the V&A Museum in London in the Quilts exhibition that is to run from 20 March – 4 July 2010. The exhibition will show British quilts from 1700 to the present day and will show quilts from the V&A textile collection not usually on display. Sounds like it will be worth a visit, if one is in London.
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