My Emigrant Quilt

I hope you don't criticize my use of the word emigrant. The definition of the word is, "Someone who leaves one country to settle in another." This is exactly what my quilt portrays. The Irish came over seas to settle and restricted themselves to 6 states because of poverty. They settled in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey. A lot of the Irish worked on rail roads and were able to save enough money to buy land and become farmers, which is exactly what I tried to portray through images on my quilt.

Hope you enjoy :)

~Kyle