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 ...

That, and the preference many of the women show for organizing their patterns into strips, reminiscent of some West African woven cloth, suggest that these quilts are organized according to a set ...

More than 100 beautiful, fascinating quilts of widely varied styles made primarily by African American women with Bay Area ...

According to the National Gallery of Art, unlike the organized, precise patterns that many quilters made from Dutch and ...

The authors claimed their work offered the first proof regarding how fugitive Black slaves shared coded messages through different quilted patterns ... view of African-American quilts made many ...

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 ...

In the background, she often incorporates more traditional quilting patterns into her narrative ... and other historic groups of African American women quilters. Today, there are about 500 women ...

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 ...

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." ...

Crafters and artists find camaraderie and build skills through the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland.