Teresa Duryea Wong hosts a discussion with four incredible women who are keeping Harriet’s legacy alive. Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi who led the effort to acquire and install the new grave...
Harriet Powers is one of America’s most famous quilters. Her two surviving quilts from the late 1800s are considered priceless treasures of American art. But there was a time—in the...
Quilters have their favorite genres and makers. Maybe you’d drive a long way to see an exhibition of Baltimore Album quilts or quilts made by the women of Gee’s Bend....
I am a sucker for obscure genres of quilts—especially when I see echoes of those unique styles generations later, blowing on the embers to revive them. So, I’m dying to...
“The stories connected with Mississippi quilters, and their quilts tell of joy, tragedy, resilience, and hope, and they give us insight into our state’s history, culture, and people.” - Mary Lohrenz,...
I first learned about this remarkable woman in Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, the book published in conjunction with the 2022 exhibit of the same name at the...
Have you ever considered what photographed quilts looked like prior to color film? Before color film was invented, when someone shared a picture of a quilt she made, she would...
