Creativity and Improvisations
The history of African American quilts is nearly as old as the history of America. Long-ignored and conspicuously absent from many early accounts of American quilt history, African American quilting has become a growing area of study. ... http://www.quilting-in-america.com/African-American-Quilts.html
... While quilting in Africa was largely done by men, quilting in N. America was done almost exclusively by women. As slaves, African American women were charged with sewing, mending, and other textile work as part of household chores. They also often pieced scraps and rags given to them or discarded by plantation owners into blankets to sleep on or to cover their families in the winter months. (Scrap quilting was done during slavery but became essential afterward and could be done with all sorts of discarded fabrics not just bits of cloth) ... http://likeawhisper.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/bhm-african-american-women-quilters-as-herstorians-and-keepers-of-our-dreams
Videos
This film analyzes the importance of the African American Quilt Making Tradition by examining the quilts made by Aunt Margaret,Aunt Ellen, Harriet Powers, and Faith Ringgold. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehTSQdwbeyg
Quilters Bette Boulding and Vicki Fischer talk about who and what inspires their quilting designs, and share their techniques --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZhuOR1FWrE
This is a video report of a reception and tour of a current exhibit titled "WITH THESE HANDS", An Exhibit of 101 African American Quilts. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05teFtPs3pk
The history of African American quilts is nearly as old as the history of America. Long-ignored and conspicuously absent from many early accounts of American quilt history, African American quilting has become a growing area of study. ... http://www.quilting-in-america.com/African-American-Quilts.html
... While quilting in Africa was largely done by men, quilting in N. America was done almost exclusively by women. As slaves, African American women were charged with sewing, mending, and other textile work as part of household chores. They also often pieced scraps and rags given to them or discarded by plantation owners into blankets to sleep on or to cover their families in the winter months. (Scrap quilting was done during slavery but became essential afterward and could be done with all sorts of discarded fabrics not just bits of cloth) ... http://likeawhisper.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/bhm-african-american-women-quilters-as-herstorians-and-keepers-of-our-dreams
Videos
This film analyzes the importance of the African American Quilt Making Tradition by examining the quilts made by Aunt Margaret,Aunt Ellen, Harriet Powers, and Faith Ringgold. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehTSQdwbeyg
Quilters Bette Boulding and Vicki Fischer talk about who and what inspires their quilting designs, and share their techniques --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZhuOR1FWrE
This is a video report of a reception and tour of a current exhibit titled "WITH THESE HANDS", An Exhibit of 101 African American Quilts. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05teFtPs3pk