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