The history of African-American women in quilting is almost ... strong contrasting colors and asymmetrical patterns, was influenced by African textiles. “Story” quilts used an applique ...

Learn about the celebrated quilts made by a community of African American women in ... When I connected that pattern to the- the women of Gee's Bend and their quilting, that was a way for me ...

also incorporates African motifs and patterns in her creations. Her latest quilt, which she started piecing together in December, began with the idea of exploring Black women in the civil rights ...

The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

Lesyslie Rackard’s bold and expressive quilts tell the incredible and often overlooked stories of Black history — particularly the lives and contributions of African American women. Lesyslie joined ...

In 1981, she founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles, and then, in 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network, fulfilling the desire of isolated makers to connect and ...

Patterns and fabric ... "The quilt behind me is the African American Sampler Quilt," Vaughn said. "This called out to me. I think we need, we Black women, need to get together to tell our stories." ...

The gallery shows 11 quilts honoring African American women with Wake County Roots — their legacies memorialized through stitches and needles. Some of the women whose likenesses have been put on ...

"Black women have been quilting forever," said Deborah Harris. Deborah Harrison is a founding member of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio. "I've been sewing since my grandmother ...