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Quilt Blog

# Quilt Pioneers

The people behind the patterns. Profiles of the quilters, teachers, and collectors who built this tradition and passed it down, what they made, what they were working against, and what the record actually tells us about their lives.

![The Harriet Powers Bible Quilt, eleven appliquéd panels of biblical scenes in cotton, with figures, animals, and suns cut in bold silhouette across a pieced ground](https://www.bigwes.com/images/blog/harriet-powers-quilts.webp)

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## [Harriet Powers and the Quilts That Carried History](https://www.bigwes.com/quilt-blog/harriet-powers-quilts/)

Born enslaved in Georgia in 1837, Harriet Powers stitched scripture and local history into narrative quilts. What the record actually says about her work.

September 11, 2026

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## About Wesley

Wesley Hall is an Atlanta quilter with more than ten years at the craft. He speaks to guilds, universities, and conferences on quilt history and memory quilt techniques.

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