### bedclothes | blanket:

Afghan
* are a touch-sensitive breed and possess instinctive lightning fast reflexes
  - blankets
  - conservative, traditionalist and nationalist, but they are by no means fundamentalists
  - the largest refugee group in the world
* comprise the single largest refugee group in the world.
* often come across the mountain tops and kill the goat herder and steal the goats.
* suffer from insufficient food, medical care, shelter, and clothing.
* take pride in making and flying their own kites.

### bedclothes | blanket:

Electric blanket
* are a common fire hazard
  - hugh source of wasted energy
  - blankets
  - electrical devices
  - heated by electricity
* are located in bedrooms
  - closets
  - houses
  - used for warmth
* can result in dry, scaly, itchy legs.
* cause a surprising number of fires every year
  - many fires
* have cord.
* produce a low-level electromagnetic field.
+ Blanket: Home
  * Electric blankets are heated by electricity. Blankets were traditionally made of wool because it is warm, naturally fire-retardant, and allows air to circulate well, while today synthetic fibers are frequently used. Throw blankets are smaller blankets, often in decorative colors and patterns, that can be used for extra warmth outside of bed.

### bedclothes:

Quilt
* All quilts have a life history and a life cycle.
* Most quilts have cotton
  - seem to be made up of square pieces, some are rectangular
  - take hundreds and hundreds of hours from conception to completion
* Some quilts contain squares made by women and men in memory of the child they aborted.
* also go to school.
* are a celebration of the personal lives and emotions of the quilter.
* are a form of art where cloth and batting are held together with stitches
  - writing, too
  - labor of love
  - specialty in some shops
  - symbol of tradition, love and home
  - an example of the global market
  - examples of one of the ways women expressed their opinions and voiced their concerns
  - history in the making
  - located in trunks
  - material records of women s stories
  - more than just bed linens
  - often popular in Saskatchewan communities
  - something people use instead of blankets to keep warm
  - textiles
* are the symbol of tradition and love
  - woven fabric of history, of people lost and people remembered
  - to be 'other than traditional' in nature
* can be functional or decorative, or somewhere in between
  - many different colors and patterns
  - help the loneliness of a hospital night
  - look either modern or traditional, masculine or feminine
  - take representational or non-objective form
  - wrap the body and wrap the soul
* differ in color choices, designs and innovative techniques.
* embody the same community values.
* enable women to voice their political view in a time when they had no political voice.
* follow certain patterns, such as wedding rings, blocks, and circles.
* have a practical application as an energy saving device
  - an aesthetic immediacy that draws in the viewer
  - only one use
  - to 'breath' to remain pretty after being stored
* help people to keep warm both physically and spiritually, the poets seem to say.
* includes sections.
* love to show off their colors and patterns.
* made in blue and white become common.
* reflect our lives and have for centuries
  - the personality of the quilter
* remain an American tradition today.
* represent one of the most highly evolved systems of writing in the New World
  - warmth and comfort, as well as bedcovers for the ill
* serve in other ways as documents of family history.
* tell stories.
* therefore are functional devices for a comfortable rest.
* vary in their construction, materials used, age, and degree of use.

### bedclothes | quilt:

Amish quilt
* are an expression of frugality
  - works of art
* continue to be a source of inspiration to quilters.