DescriptionThe inspiration for this quilt is a tribute to the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Their quilts have received honorable recognition in art galleries and museums. They made quilts for a living and...
DescriptionI really wanted to make a feathered star and this quilt is my first. It is also my first attempt at paper-piecing which I used to create the star. The Ghanaian Adinkra symbol Sankofa is the focal...
DescriptionThis is my first log cabin quilt. I selected a hand-stamped and dyed batik fabric made in Ghana in 2014 as the focus fabric for this quilt. I chose this fabric for its beautiful red color and the...
DescriptionThis quilt was made of the remaining crazy quilt squares used in my ”Ghana Crazy Hex” quilt. I love combining traditional hand-dyed African batiks with commercially dyed batik fabrics.
DescriptionThis was a quilt top made my by grandmother (Eunice Wall). My mother said my grandmother and great-grandmother used to make clothes for people. They would have her and her sisters take the leftover...
DescriptionWhen my sister and I were younger my mother (Emmie D. Melvin) had given us T-shirts with the Maya Angelou poem Phenomenal Woman on it. I found mine that had been put away. I decided I would make a...
DescriptionIn my quilting guild (NHQG) we were asked to do a wall hanging of a woman that most inspired us. My mother inspired me the most. Growing up, my mother exposed us (my brother and sister and I) to so...
DescriptionA challenge project. We were to design a wall hanging that either depicts a form of oppression or reflects freedom from oppressive conditions. I simply used background fabric that had stop signs on...
DescriptionA challenge project - Favorite Dessert . I choose to do six different desserts fused into 11.5 inch squares. I used hand and machine embroidery and sashings to connect the squares, I also used some...
