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Article: The Mayo Clinic Arizona 20th Anniversary Quilt
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- Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Dr Renee E. Caswell, an anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona, is a self-taught quilter who developed her sewing skills during her teen years. Continued experience and a gifted eye for detail prompted her vision for Mayo Clinic Anniversary Quilt. The quilt was conceived as part of the recognition of the 20th Anniversary of Mayo Clinic Arizona and Mayo's Humanities in Medicine program. Caswell enlisted Denise A. Currier, a quilt artist from Chandler, AZ, and a team of Mayo Clinic Arizona employee volunteers, including Fran Breazeale, Lisa Hamilton, Susanna Murphy, and Verna Roller, to begin the 2-year Odyssey to create the anniversary quilt.
Although the origins of quilting cannot be ...