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TitleSunbonnet Sam
Date Created1900-1985
DescriptionIn the 1980’s my mother Edwinia Marie Middleton (nee Carey), aunt Virginia Davis (nee Carey), and grandmother aka “Nana”, Isabelle J. Grunderway (nee Marsh) travelled to Arkansas. Nana was born...
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TitleSankofa Gye Nyame: Baba’s Lap Quilt
Date Created2010
DescriptionThis was the very first quilt I made. I hand dyed the batiks during a batik workshop conducted by Kokroko in Kumasi, Ghana in July 2010. My sister Tarsha-Nicole Taylor of Tewksbury, MA helped me...
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TitleGye Nyame - In God We Trust a.k.a. Where’s Your G Spot?
Date Created2016
DescriptionThis quilt was inspired by the notion of justice within the courts. The Ghanaian Adinkra symbol Gye Nyame which is the focal point of this quilt, means “except for God,” Gye Nyame is at the center...
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TitleTunnels of New York
DescriptionThis quilt was made by Nubian Heritage Quilter's Guild member Marietta Schoenherr.
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TitleGojulas
Date Created2012
DescriptionThis was made for my son who built his first functional computer at the age of 9.
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TitleJapanese Garden Path
Date Created2014
DescriptionThis quilt was made by Nubian Heritage Quilter's Guild member Marietta Schoenherr when she was over 90 years old.
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TitleFair Trade Challenge Quilt
Date Created2016
DescriptionThis quilt was inspired by the following articles: Bassett, Thomas J. Slim pickings: fairtrade cotton in West Africa. Geoforum 41.1 (2010): 44-55. Day, Elizabeth. The desperate plight of Africa’s...
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TitleGhana Crazy Hex
Date Created2010
DescriptionDuring a trip to Accra, Ghana during the summer of 2010 I met Bernice Frimpong Ankrah, a wonderful Ghanaian woman who operated a batik clothing and bag business and who taught me how to foundation...
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TitleSankofa Feathered Star
Date Created2016
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...
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TitleGhana Crazy Medallion Quilt
Date Created2016
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.