Tapestry Shred

Acquisition
The Tapestry Shred can only be obtained by winning Gwen's favor in pre-Searing Ascalon. This requires giving her a combination of items: the Broken Flute, a new Flute, a Small Girl's Cape, or Red Iris Flowers; the last item given must be an iris. The least expensive combination is the broken flute, the replacement flute, and 3 irises.

After giving her these items, speak to her one more time; she does not automatically give you the shred.

Usage
The shred is one of the items that can be used to obtain two quests:
 * Then and Now, Here and There (available to Prophecies characters only)
 * Fire and Pain

To obtain either quest, complete the Primary Vanguard Quests, then visit Gwen in the Hall of Monuments. The shred will be removed from the inventory when you accept either quest (unless you use one of the other qualifying items; see the quest articles for details).

Trivia

 * Originally, pre-Searing Gwen would take all your flowers at once (giving you only credit for a single iris). This was corrected in a Game update.