The history of African-American women in quilting is almost ... strong contrasting colors and asymmetrical patterns, was influenced by African textiles. “Story” quilts used an applique ...

According to historian Pearlie Johnson an expert in African-American quilting history ... for The Baltimore Sun. The woman's headwrap and shirt are a pattern of green, red and blue fabric that ...

The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

also incorporates African motifs and patterns in her creations. Her latest quilt, which she started piecing together in December, began with the idea of exploring Black women in the civil rights ...

Isolated geographically, the women in the community created quilts from whatever materials were available, in patterns of their ... foundation for the support of African-American vernacular ...

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

“It’s amazing the work that these phenomenal women do,” said Dot Guthrie, the African American museum founder ... donations and teaches one another how to quilt different blocks. “There’s so many ...

In 1981, she founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles, and then, in 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network, fulfilling the desire of isolated makers to connect and ...

Patterns and fabric ... "The quilt behind me is the African American Sampler Quilt," Vaughn said. "This called out to me. I think we need, we Black women, need to get together to tell our stories." ...