African-American Quilts
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African-American Quilts
I've recently been researching Dimensional quilts and came across the, "Pine Cone Quilt," an African-American design. Well, that got me off on a tangent on AA quilts. Does anyone collect them, make them, just admire them? What are some of the distinctive characteristics of an AA quilt?
~ Cindy
~ Cindy
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Rachel Kincy Clarke taught a class in La Conner, Washington one year on clothing, and she is a very interesting lady, maybe try to seek out her info as I think she would be very knowledgeable on this.
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I know that there is a whole myth/story about the AA underground railroad quilts...that there were secret messages in the quilt blocks. I'm not sure how true that is, but it's interesting, none the less. I really like the Pine Cone, or Pine Burr quilt block. I also love the primitive, pictorial quilts that were done by slaves. The African influence is also interesting.
~ Cindy
~ Cindy
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Not sure if this is what you mean, but have you seen Eleanor Burns "Underground Railroad" quilt? Has a bit of history to go along with each block and I just love her instructions. Here's the one I made.[ATTACH=CONFIG]474608[/ATTACH]
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I also made one of these. I did this in the 6 inch blocks, and it is my favorite wall hanging.
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Try these four quilters: NedRa Bonds, Sonié Ruffin, Sherry Whetstone and Michele David.
The New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) had an exhibition of African-American quilts a few years ago (Oct 21-Dec 31, 2010) entitled "African-American Quilts Today: A Celebration of Motherhood, Sisterhood, & the Matriarchy". Guest curator was Dr. Pearlie M. Johnson and the above named quilters were featured.
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/past-exhibitions.html (far bottom of the page includes the promo blurb and one photo)
The New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) had an exhibition of African-American quilts a few years ago (Oct 21-Dec 31, 2010) entitled "African-American Quilts Today: A Celebration of Motherhood, Sisterhood, & the Matriarchy". Guest curator was Dr. Pearlie M. Johnson and the above named quilters were featured.
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/past-exhibitions.html (far bottom of the page includes the promo blurb and one photo)
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