The author served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon before working in Mali. "How do we sew together the hoped-for future and the unfortunate past, the bright as well as the darker patches in our ...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Quilt making is an art that has often been forgotten, but the people behind the African American Sewcial Threaders Quilt Guild are on a mission to preserve it. In honor of ...
“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...
Threads of Confluence, a travelling exhibition, tells the story of a grand African migration to India, and the export of a ...
SAN ANTONIO — Quilts of family, black leaders, and names of those no longer with us line the walls at Central Library and Our Lady of the Lake University. "Black women have been quilting forever," ...
The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition will be displayed at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro through March 3, with an opening ceremony scheduled on Feb. 14. The gallery shows 11 quilts ...
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Making your own quilt is easier than you think
Whether you're a keen sewer looking for a new challenge or a craft fan looking for a project to practice your sewing skills, ...
African Americans carried many things with them when fleeing the South’s oppression and poverty in the middle of the 20th Century – a movement of millions called the Second Great Migration. Among the ...
Almost 3,000 quilts by African American artists — including more than 500 by Rosie Lee Tompkins, a quilt maker whose formally inventive work has helped elevate the standing of the discipline in the ...
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