Get a Close-up Look at Anna Von Mertens' Quilts

Update: 2012-01-18

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Spark explores the method and meaning behind Anna Von Mertens's quilts that are covered with as many as 100,000 handsewn stitches. Original air date: May 2004.

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Get a Close-up Look at Anna Von Mertens' Quilts

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Get a Close-up Look at Anna Von Mertens' Quilts

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Get a Close-up Look at Anna Von Mertens' Quilts