2023-2024 Challenges
Honoring Our Heritage: One Stitch at A Time
Black Mermaids May 2024
Angel Babies March 2024
Harriet Tubman Post Cards (Freedom Seekers)
Unique Pincushions
Honoring Our Heritage: One Stitch at A Time
Black Mermaids May 2024
Angel Babies March 2024
Harriet Tubman Post Cards (Freedom Seekers)
Unique Pincushions
2022 - 2023 Challenges
Oppression by Any Other Name...on going until it stops
Racism, Sexism, Capitalism, Discrimination, Mass Incarceration, Slavery, Cultural Appropriation, Voter Suppression, Economic Disparity, Hostility, Abuse of Power, Brutality, White, Ethnic, Cleansing, Jim Crow, Apartheid, Political Repression, Abusive Relationship, Humiliation….
Oppression derives from the concept of being weighted down, a feeling of being heavily burdened mentally or physically. Simply defined, OPPRESSION is the:
Design a wall hanging that either depicts a form of oppression or reflects freedom from oppressive conditions. (Maximum Dimensions)
Racism, Sexism, Capitalism, Discrimination, Mass Incarceration, Slavery, Cultural Appropriation, Voter Suppression, Economic Disparity, Hostility, Abuse of Power, Brutality, White, Ethnic, Cleansing, Jim Crow, Apartheid, Political Repression, Abusive Relationship, Humiliation….
Oppression derives from the concept of being weighted down, a feeling of being heavily burdened mentally or physically. Simply defined, OPPRESSION is the:
- Exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel or unjust manner
- Mistreatment and exploitation of a group, category, or team of people or individuals.
- Development of laws, customs, and practices that systematically reflect and produce inequities based on one’s membership in targeted social identity groups.
Design a wall hanging that either depicts a form of oppression or reflects freedom from oppressive conditions. (Maximum Dimensions)
Past Challenges
2018 -2019 Challenges
2012-2013: The Nubian Village and Landscape Quilts
So Many Quilts, So Little Time: Show things that are important to you.
For Colored Girls
50 Shades of Pink: Quilts designed with a bustier as a foundation.
My Favorite Things: Show things that are fun and mean something to you.
The Fifteenth Amendment
Masterpieces: Quilts appliqued on canvas.
Freedom T-Shirt Quilts
Dashiki Quilts
Nubian Princess: Dolls.
- "Threading Through The Journey : 400 Years of The African American Experience
- Mystery Quilt - "Hmmmmmm!!!! Colors 2017-2018
- 2017-2018 Challenges
- Mystery Quilt - "Hmmmmmm!!!! Colors 2017-2018
- "Oppression by Any Other Name..." continued to 2018
2012-2013: The Nubian Village and Landscape Quilts
So Many Quilts, So Little Time: Show things that are important to you.
For Colored Girls
50 Shades of Pink: Quilts designed with a bustier as a foundation.
My Favorite Things: Show things that are fun and mean something to you.
The Fifteenth Amendment
Masterpieces: Quilts appliqued on canvas.
Freedom T-Shirt Quilts
Dashiki Quilts
Nubian Princess: Dolls.
