Quilting has been an important part of Black American history. It served as a creative outlet, a way to tell stories, and ...

The group effort quickens the project’s pace and creates space for sharing skills and stories, sorrows and celebrations. Passing on traditions constructs a special sense of community along with a ...

Callahan, Nancy. The Freedom Quilting Bee. University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa, 1987. The story of patchwork quilts created by African Americans and sold through a cooperative in Wilson County, ...

The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is opening The Portraits of Resistance and Resilience Exhibition Feb. 14 through March 3. The ...

I decided I had so many fabric scraps I would try my hand at Kawandi. The backing is leftover piece of blue quilt fabric and ...

Freeman’s research was collected and published in the book “A Communion of the Spirits” amid a growing interest in African ... the quilts also tell an important story about intergenerational ...