New! The Lord's Supper Pattern Book: Imagining Harriet Powers' Lost Bible Story Quilt
This pattern can be enlarged to make either a wall hanging or bed quilt.
Thousands of museum visitors have viewed the Bible-themed quilts
stitched by Harriet Powers (1837 - 1910) at the Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
In
1882, Mrs. Powers completed her "Lord's Supper Quilt," a piece
seemingly lost to history. What became of this quilt? Is it in a
family's private possession? Quilter Kyra E. Hicks has imagined what
Bible stories Mrs. Powers might have told through fabrics to create the
"Lord's Supper Quilt." Included here are 12 blocks featuring stories
from both the Old and New Testaments:
The Lord's Supper
The Creation
Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Sarah and Abraham Visited by Three Angles
Moses and the Ten Commandments
John Baptizing Jesus - God is Well Pleased
The Devil Tries to Tempt Jesus
Jesus Gives Thanks and Feeds More Than 5,000
The Road to Jerusalem
Jesus' Triumphant Entry
The Crucifixion
The Accession
1.6 Million African American Quilters: Survey, Sites, and a Half-Dozen Art Quilt Blocks
- You'll find the latest quilt industry figures, including the number of Black quilters nationally.
- Most comprehensive resource of websites, blogs, and YouTube videos featuring African American quilters and guilds - more than 270! Can you name 10 African American male quilters? Find their websites in the booklet! Also included are selected textile artists, dollmakers, fabric designers, and quilters from the African diaspora.
- Six afro-centrically designed art quilt blocks by Washington, D.C. artist Francine Haskins.
- Bibliographic references, many annotated, for selected books, articles, exhibit catalogs, dissertations, papers, and films about Black quilters.
Black Threads Press, 62 pages, $9.95 ISBN: 978-0-9824796-7-4
Harriet Powers (1837-1910) and Her Quilts - New Revelations!
"From the opening words of this book to the closing ones... a spellbinding tale is woven.
"This I Accomplish is a masterpiece of scholarship and detective work. The amount of research Kyra E. Hicks has done to unravel mysteries and her willingness to follow even the slightest lead is astonishing. You will be amazed and intrigued by the previously unknown information she uncovers."
Gwendolyn Magee, quilter and 2007 United States Artists Fellow
Martha Ann is 12 years old when Papa finally purchases her freedom from slavery and moves the family from Tennessee to Liberia. On Market Days, Martha Ann watches the British navy patrolling the Liberian coast to stop slave catchers from kidnapping family and friends and forcing them back into slavery.
Martha Ann decides to thank Queen Victoria in person for sending the navy. But first, she has to save money for the voyage, find a suitable gift for the queen, and withstand the ridicule of those who learn of her impossible dream to meet the Queen of England.
“Martha Ann’s story bears witness that quilts have always been repositories of meaning and beauty. This heartfelt, inspirational, and historical account of perseverance is sure to inspire all who read it.” - Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, writer, historian, and quilter
“Martha Ann shows us how her lifelong dream to sew a quilt and present it to Queen Victoria came true against all odds. Children and parents alike can enjoy this poignant and endearing story.” - Janet Stanley, Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
“Kyra Hicks has brought to light a fascinating life story of a young black girl born into slavery in East Tennessee. Martha Ann’s story is inspiration, delightful, and true. I can’t wait to share this book with a special young child in my life.” - Merikay Waldvogel, Quilt historian and author
"Lee Edward Födi's watercolour illustrations have a naive, folk art appeal. The full-page scenes provide a sense of place, from the coffee fields to Windsor Castle." Recommended. - CM: Canadian Review of Materials Review by Linda Ludke,a librarian in London, ON
"This story of a freed slave who sews a quilt for England's queen is a tear-jerker of the first order, as uplifting as it is heartbraking." - Anne Levy, Book Buds Kids Lit Reviews
Must Have for Your Home Library!
This book is the first comprehensive guide to African American quilt history and contemporary practices. Black Threads declares there are 1 million African American quilters who spend $118.9 million on quilting expenditures per year!
Black Threads offers over 1,700 bibliographic references, many of them annotated, covering exhibit catalogs, books, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, films, novels, poetry, speeches, works of art, advertisements, patterns, greeting cards, auction results, ephemeral items, and online resources on African American quilting. The book also includes primary research done by the author on the Internet usage of African American quilters, a listing of 100 museums with African American–made quilts in their permanent collections, a directory of African American quilting groups in 29 states, and a detailed timeline that covers 200 years of African American quilting and needle arts events.
Foreword by Cuesta R. Benberry ISBN: 0-7864-1374-3. 242pp. 8 page full color insert, 30 B&W photos, $45.00, 2003.
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