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Collected Item: “HIST30060: My first pandemic quilt”

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HIST30060: My first pandemic quilt

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Photograph of a quilt

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Last year (2020) I was living at home with my parents. My mum noticed how the pandemic was affecting me mentally and suggested that I make a quilt as a therapeutic tool. It was my first ever quilt, and it took several months. I enjoyed making it so much that I've kept on making quilts ever since. This quilt, therefore, reminds me of the pandemic's silver linings; it forced me to take up a hobby, one that slows me down. This photo is of the quilt on my bed now in Melbourne (2021).

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Myself

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2021-10-13
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