DescriptionThe quilt was started in 1996 and finished In 2008. It took 12 years to finish. It is my first and only Baltimore Album hand applique. During that time, I pieced the blocks whenever I had time. I...
DescriptionThe main design was the guild logo Sankofa, an Adinkra symbol meaning learn from the past to prepare for the future. Additional blocks were from the Underground Railroad book. Authentic Kente cloth...
DescriptionMy daughter was born in Bayonne Hospital, New Jersey July 10, 1986. She was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. She made this in grammar school. They showed them how to hand sew it. They didn’t get...
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...
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...
DescriptionQuilt top was started by my aunt (Gloria Hysaw) who lives in Denver, Colorado. She had finished most of the star portion of the quilt. She put it away because it was getting too big and she didn’t...
