Songs were sung and prayers made to bless the family benefiting from the seamstress's time and talent. Wrap yourself in the ...

A longarm is a large sewing machine — it can fill up a room with a 12 foot frame — that can sew across an entire quilt. After ...

One of those traditional practices that has survived generations of change is that of quilting. Although you may think it has ...

Winston-Salem State University: Winston-Salem, 1992. Draws parallels between African fabric motifs and designs found in African American patchwork quilts. Leon, Eli. Who=d A Thought It: Improvisation ...

Termed “fancy,” for their decorative purpose and non-utilitarian use, her quilts present classical patterns and techniques of quiltmaking. Beyond their aesthetic beauty, the quilts also tell ...