“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 ...

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The fabric she chooses features a melange of blues, from sky to Carolina to navy. Pulling in swatches of yellow, gray and white, she snips each one into a shape. She selects shapes to sew to other ...

There is a backstory and cultural connection behind African American cloth dolls. Silk Allen learned all about it at a recent event. The African American Quilt & Doll Show opened author Silk Allen’s ...

Quilts may simply be thought of as layers for warmth or quick metaphors for life that 13-year-old me used and abused. However, the current “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in ...

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Since the program began in 2022, hundreds of handmade quilts have found their way into the arms of veterans across our region. These gifts of warmth and kindness are distributed to VA hospitals, ...

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In less than a year, Robin Brou-Antin has successfully parlayed her centuries-old Louisiana Cajun-Creole heritage into a textile line that's available in sewing shops throughout Louisiana, Alabama and ...