Why not a history of Quakerism in collage or mosaic?
Or embroidery? Anne was a professional embroiderer. She had recently completed a study of the Bayeux Tapestry, which is not really a tapestry but a 70-metre-long strip of linen embroidered with woollen thread: a frieze telling the story of the Norman conquest in words and pictures. Thinking constantly about the Quakers, she had a vision of what it should be: a series of panels each illustrating one event or idea from Quaker history. Each panel would be made (researched, designed and embroidered) by a differing Meeting or group, but she would have to oversee the design to keep it unified. Another part of her vision was that, being a community project, making the tapestry would bring people together. In the end, the tapestry was made by over 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries over a period of 15 years, until 1996. It was decided to limit the number of panels to 77. They were originally chosen and arranged in thematic groups each relating to a chapter or chapters in the book
