Sunday Jammin!

 Sunday morning inspiration?   I’m surprised that im moving ahead in making this NQM-Block/month!!

I have a July 2026 quilt and exhibit  idea that’s brewing!  Especially since I have a great -almost 5 yr old stash waiting to be my crown jewel!

Luvin this journey!!!

African American Quiltin’

I’m often thrilled and enjoy peeping in on a wonderful quilter:   Atlanta Quilt Festival Founder —  O.V. Brantley who said “Our quilts are just a little bit different.”

 Believe it or not… my Big Mama chose NOT to PASS FOR WHITE.   As did her (7) older brothers n sisters.  We have family pics of the (7) younger siblings with their mother Cindy Anderson Smith who was enslaved in Louisiana 

Sharing great similarities as the quilters of Mississippi Geese Bend!!

Pictured Below

Avid-audacious 82 yr old:  QUILTIN’ skills are just from the past 2 years (Oklahoma City)

  QUILTIN’ is almost as old as the history of America. Black slave women were needed for spinning, weaving, sewing and quilting on plantation.

“I do view African-American quilting as a genre, just like 

traditional quilts, 

art quilts, 

modern quilts,” 

A lovely time to Be a Maker

 Is it even possible to set our country on a course for redemption? How can we come to terms with the fact that half our fellow citizens embrace cruelty, racism, ignorance, and cultism over democracy? How will we navigate the violence and cruelty of these times and protect ourselves, our families, and our integrity?

If you are not asking those questions today, you haven’t been paying attention.

For the past three years I have also been focused on a different set of questions. If America as we know it cannot be saved and we are truly in the abyss, what is the new America we can create when we emerge from this dark place? What is our vision for that new America? What must we do now to lay the foundation for its creation?

(By:  Sherilyn Ifill /written on 07-02-2025)