The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, ...

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

Routed West” expands on a previous display of Black diaspora works from the 1940-to-1970 Second Migration period.

The guest book to Missouri Star Quilt Co. shows sign-ins from virtually every state, plus France, Israel, South Africa ... She was looking for the perfect pattern to make a quilt for her mother ...

a seemingly innocent quilt left on a porch or fence or hung in a window could signal to slaves on the plantation to get ready to escape (Monkey Wrench pattern), go north (North Star pattern), or ...

Two historians say African American slaves may have used a quilt code to navigate the Underground Railroad. Quilts with patterns named "wagon wheel," "tumbling blocks," and "bear's paw" appear to ...

Known for their innovative quilting tradition since the 19th century, the quilters, bold patterns ... has been featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the ...

Deborah Harrison is a founding member of the African American Quilt Circle of San Antonio. "I've been sewing since my grandmother gave me a needle and a piece of fabric to keep me busy, so we don't ...

For Lakota people, a star quilt is an ode to their origins, LeBeau said. “A long time ago when the missionaries brought the lone star pattern our people were losing the buffalo at a rapid rate ...