DescriptionThe blocks were constructed using the stack and slice technique. When finished, I felt all those straight lines needed curves to finish it. I quilted it using all circles. For some I used a circular...
DescriptionI took a class in fabric manipulation and much of the center of the piece came from following directions of the teacher. I, of course, added some of my own ideas.
DescriptionMy mother was a quilter. Her quilts were not the traditional wedding ring or pinwheel designs; they were utilitarian but also pretty and unique. She made her quilts by hand using any and all kinds of...
DescriptionThis was my very first quilt. It was made to celebrate my husband's 65th birthday and has photos of 4 generations of my husband's immediate family. I used 3 different techniques on the photos until I...
Description"'To Capture a Vision Fair:' Black Sorority Women and the Shift from Respectability Politics to Public Policy, 1935-1975," illuminates the ways in which Black women reworked existing traditions and...
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...
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...
