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Quilters Celebrate Black History Month

by Mary Emma Allen on February 22nd, 2008

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  Throughout the country, myriad events are taking place in the quilting world to commemorate Black History Month.  Among them, you’ll find the following:

Freedom Quilts Exhibit to celebrate Black History Month.

This year’s exhibit features the contemporary needlework of several local quilters who have reproduced the Freedom Quilt patterns believed to have helped escaping slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War.

AT&T and Gee’s Bend Quilters Create Artwork to Commemorate Black History Month

The AT&T Gee’s Bend Quilt, which measures 95 inches by 82 inches, was created by 46 members of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective and features colors based on the AT&T brand palette. The artists, ranging in age from 19 to 90, worked together for more than 250 hours to complete the artwork, which is destined to become a part of black cultural history.

Zion Lutheran celebrates Black History Month

Zion is now looking for volunteers to help fifth and eighth grade students sew an American quilt.

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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