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Black Threads
One million African Americans spend approximately $118 million annually on quilting. Some believe that recent studies of oral histories telling of the role quilting played in the Underground Railroad have inspired African Americans to take up their fabric and needles, but whatever the reason, quilters like Faith Ringgold, Clementine Hunter, Winnie McQueen, and many others are keeping the African American traditions of quilting alive. This is the first comprehensive guide to African American quilt history and contemporary practices. It offers more than 1,700 bibliographic references, many of them annotated, covering exhibit catalogs, books, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, films, novels,...
This I Accomplish
The powerful quilts of Harriet Powers (1837-1910), a Georgia slave, continue to capture our imagination. Her two-known creations, the Bible Quilt and the Pictorial Quilt, have independently survived since stitched more than a century ago. Thousands of visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have stood transfixed viewing her quilts. Until today, no one has told the entire, dramatic story of how her quilts, one initially sold for $5, were cherished for decades in private homes before emerging as priceless, national treasures. This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers¿ Bible Quilts and Other Pieces brings to light new, exc...
Black Threads
"Comprehensive guide to African American quilt history and contemporary practices"--Page 4 of cover.
African American Quilting
Explains the symbolism, stories, and family meaning that make American quilting a rich art form; includes the how-to of quilting; and touches on other crafts of the African-American tradition, offering readers a chance to cultivate their own artistic talents.
The Lord's Supper Pattern Book
Thousands of museum visitors have viewed the Bible-themed quilts stitched by Harriet Powers (1837 - 1910) at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1882, Mrs. Powers completed her "Lord's Supper Quilt," a piece seemingly lost to history. What became of this quilt? Is it in a family's private possession? Quilter Kyra E. Hicks has imagined what Bible stories Mrs. Powers might have told through fabrics to create the "Lord's Supper Quilt." Included here are 12 blocks featuring stories from both the Old and New Testaments. This pattern can be enlarged to make either a wall hanging or bed quilt.
Franklin Roosevelt's Postage Stamp Quilt
The true story of an African American woman from Marion, Indiana who, as part of the WPA Sewing-Room Projects, designed and pieced a postage stamp quilt which she presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
How to Self-Publish Your Own Quilt Catalog: A Workbook for Quilters, Guilds, Galleries and Textile Artists
Be a quilt artist + author! If you know how to use Microsoft Word, have Internet access, and a dozen or more images of your artwork, YOU CAN make your own art catalog. This workbook will show you step-by-step how to concept, layout, write, publish and promote a 24-page or 36-page full-color paperback art catalog. You will also learn how to have your catalog available on Amazon.com, the largest online bookstore. This workbook is specially designed for quilters, quilt historians, textile artists, guilds, and gallery owners.
Quilters Questions
Quilters Questions is perfect for quilters of any age or skill level. Explore topics ranging from quilter identity, creative inspiration, collaboration, legacy and more through 300 open-ended questions. This engaging read provides hours of fun and conversation. Written by a quilter for quilters.
Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria
Martha Ann is twelve years old when Papa finally saves enough money to purchase her freedom from slavery. In 1830, the family leaves east Tennessee to begin a new life in Liberia. On market days, Martha Ann watches the British navy patrolling the Liberian coast to stop slave catchers from kidnapping her family and friends and forcing them back into slavery. Martha Ann decides to thank Queen Victoria in person for sending the navy. But first, she must determine how to make the 3,500-mile voyage to England, find a suitable gift for the Queen, and withstand the ridicule of family and friends who learn of her impossible dream. Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria is the true story of Martha Ann Ricks, an ex-slave who spent fifty years saving spare coins to fulfill her dream of meeting the Queen of England.
1.6 Million African American Quilters: Survey, Sites, and a Half-Dozen Art Quilt Blocks
A handy, eye-opening booklet about today's Black quiltmakers offering the latest quilt industry figures; most comprehensive resource of websites, blogs, and YouTube videos featuring African American quilters and guilds, including references to textile artists, doll makers, fabric designers, and quilters from the African diaspora; six afro-centrically designed art quilt blocks by Washington, D.C. artist Francine Haskins--P. [4] of cover.
