The History of the Quaker Tapestry
 Children drawing around table early 1980s |     |
The 77 panels of the Quaker Tapestry came into being as a result of a chance remark by an eleven-year-old boy attending the children's class of a small Quaker Meeting in the South West of England in 1981. His teacher, to whom the remark was made, was Anne Wynn-Wilson, who was an accomplished embroiderer. She had the vision of a number of large tapestry panels telling something of the Quaker story and beliefs. At a Quaker Yearly Meeting in 1982 she mounted an exhibition of work in progress and her ideas and determination aroused an enthusiastic response from many Friends. Designers came forward, embroidery groups were formed and training workshops were arranged. Altogether more than 4,000 men, women and children in 15 countries have 'had a hand' in the creation of the Quaker Tapestry, which was eventually finished in 1996.