Quilts by Nikki Giovanni

 Beautiful soul.    Beautiful QUILT POEM

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Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution".^[2]During the 1970s, she began writing children's literature, and co-founded a publishing company, NikTom Ltd, to provide an outlet for other African-American women writers. 

Over subsequent decades, her works discussed social issues, human relationships, and hip hop.

Life is piece-ful

 

Looking back upon a quilters handiwork in Brooks illegal Oklahoma 

Mystery Block Challenge

 Somebody said.... Riley Blake... and I said OK to the 2022 Block Challenge.   Productive, beautiful.... but tedious machine piecing!  My cousin kinda wants a RED quilt.... so her's to her

A bit of Valentine Red-full of Joy for February along with celebrations of Black History Month!

Let's LET THE FABRIC SPEAK!     I'll visit again - all u-lovely ladies and gents!

Bquiltin ~ Beverly

Portable Design Wall Fits Exactly Where?

Did I really need to buy this....????   Floor space is still so limited in my 4-bedroom home... They say it can be moved around....  hmnnnn.

The light of truth.... Ida Wells

" The way to right the wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them" ... !!!

I'll do two parts of explaining how I feel about Lovely Ida B. Wells......

I'd made a note reading about the 100th Centennial of the 19th Amendment - wherein Suffragists fought to secure the vote for women.

Over the last year we’ve been celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, learning about the struggle over several decades, by the Suffragists who fought to secure the vote for women.

Loving to buy fabric .... planning to use it in the future.... I purchased from Benatex / Susan Sider VOTES FOR WOMEN..... a digital-printed panel (24' x 44") that featured quotes from .... terminology haha SUFFRAGETTES Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth...... Ida B. Wells-Barnet.... YIPPEE

As I read thru several friendly blogger posts, eQuilter offered a free download pattern back in 2021.   I also posted the link on my Bquiltin Studio FB pg.   

... my courageous woman.... did you clothe and make a quilt as you travelled and spoke to the world around you?? 

Let's  LET THE FABRIC SPEAK....  I'll visit with u-lovely ladies and gents... shortly!

Bquiltin !  Beverly

Living Well ~ per the Lovely Lady Ida B. Wells -Barnett

Hello to my friends who follow bits and pieces of my life ....  Living Well as Bquiltin Blog

I felt a stir of excitement -- Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (b. July 1862... d. March 1931) was one of the founders of the NAACP.  She fought against prejudice and violence in America -- especially in the cause of WOMANHOOD!  

She was a Holly Springs, Mississippi girl.... her passing was in Chicago, IL. and her burial is the the famous Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago's South Side.  Ida Wells died of kidney failure at the age of 68

Just as her (MOM - LIZZIE) ... parents were enslaved, Ida was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War (1865).   

Ida and her family later lived in Memphis, TN until mob violence drove her out.  Moving about 60 miles further North - she and her siblings landed in Chicago, IL

Our Timeless Effort

Quilted pillows.   Make some to give away !!!

Be encouraged 

      Quilt thru our difficulties 

A Worthy Statement (Bquiltin’)

Dearest Friends.  I feel blessed.  Soaring as I quilt daily?   

COMMENT:  how do you feel…. ???

Quiltin in the Quiet Corner

I’m smiling!

I’m in the mood of Mary, the Mother of Jesus!   After the angel first spoke to her:  she “pondered those things in her heart”❤️

So even as I blog to you——m’dear ladies and dudes

A great multitude of thoughts…. Life, death, future, my joy of creativity in my home and sewing room

Being a Black woman turning 68 in a few days -2022

Bee happy.  BBlessed!  Smile real big!

BQuiltin Joy 2022

Quilt Times (1)

M’ladies n Guys!

I’m taking the time to thank you for being part of the Bquiltin commune!  Without your support and readership— my joy of Quiltin would not be complete. With all my heart, I’m thankful for each and everyone of you. 

Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration and we’ll talk again in 2022.

2022 Label Headings:

Quilt Times

Quilt Community 

Quilt Poems

Quilt Me

Quiltin'. ~. Fabric OVERHAUL

Just kidding.... my good ladies and guys

It is proudly.... (ain't no stopping me now...) it's majestically magical....   This was my appliance and cooking dish cabinet ---   IT IS NOW MY FABRIC CLOSET.... located just outside my sewing room!

Take a peek.... nice and neatly closed door.......

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Taaaa-Daaaah.   Now quick again.... Close the door

Out of sight .... But never out of my mind!!!

The Nitty Gritty: a Blanket or a Quilt?

HI there... m'lady friends & guys!!!

How exactly . . . is a quilt different from a blanket?

Well, I'd say that its like two blankets sewn together with padding in between (sandwich).  The stitching that keeps the padding in place creates a pattern that makes for an added dimension of " catch-you-breath eye candy"

The bquiltin shows thru the top and bottom of the sandwich quilt -- and when I longarm stitch, it is an inviting pattern matched by color, swirls, symbols and even a narrative stitched into the quilt!!!

PSsssss sorry -- missed cropping the pic below!

My Focus on Paper Piecing 2022

My easy reference is Paper Piecing.  More correctly it is FOUNDATION PAPER PIECING:  a method where patterns have been printed on paper for you the piece quilt blocks.  

Yes.. luv it.  You and I can actually sew on the paper and the fabric at the same time-- takes a few skillful times to rearrange you brain focus!!... this means that FPPe foundation paper piecing is a method that uses patterns printed on paper to piece quilt blocks. You actually sew on the paper and the fabric at the same time. Using this technique you can achieve more accurate and intricate quilt block patterns.