Mary Lin Elementary Students Learn Quilting

Posted on February 28, 2010 by ovbrantley

The Clara Ford Foundation participated in the Black History Month celebration at the Mary Lin Elementary School in Atlanta. Quilters Marva Swanson, Laura Sorton, Nina Moore and O.V. Brantley shared the art of quilting with 236 elementary school students.  With the help of the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild, the Clara Ford Foundation prepared a quilt [...]

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Sisters and Friendship

Posted on February 25, 2010 by ovbrantley

The featured quilt of the week continued the celebration of Black History Month in the February 21, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter. The quilt is called Sisters and Friendship, aka Liberated Shaded Nine-Patch, and it was created by Jeanette Walton.   This quilt originated as a block swap among a group [...]

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54-40 African American Quilt Guild Sponsors Retreat

Posted on February 25, 2010 by ovbrantley

The 54-40 African American Quilt Guild will hold its biennial Quilting Retreat  April 15-18, 2010 at the newly renovated Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Conference Center in Portsmouth, VA.   There will be  classes, workshops, and other activities related to quilting and lots of fun. Visit www.5440quilters.com

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Mother and Child

Posted on February 18, 2010 by ovbrantley

The featured quilt of the week in the Februiariy 14, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter continued our celebration of Black History Month. The quilt is called Mother and Child and it was created by Michelle Willis. It was recently exhibited in the 2009 Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Show.   [...]

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Quilts at Allen Temple Church Sunday

Posted on February 16, 2010 by ovbrantley

The Clara Ford Foundation is sponsoring a small exhibit of quilts at the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in Atlanta  Sunday, Februaruy 21, 2010. The exhibit  is part the church’s Black History Celebration. The quilts will be available for viewing in the fellowship hall after the morning service. Quilts by Bessie Barnett,  O.V. Brantley, Aleathia Chisolm, Janice Daniel, and  [...]

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A Mother’s Heart

Posted on February 10, 2010 by ovbrantley

The featured quilt  of the week in the February 7, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter  is the perfect quilt for Valentines Week. It is called A Mother’s Heart, and it was created by Maxine Moore. Maxine created this 74 x 64 inch quilt in 2008 for Mrs. Yvonne Rubens’s [...]

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Big Mama’s Legacy Tour of Quilts Underway

Posted on February 9, 2010 by ovbrantley

The 2010 edition of the Big Mama’s Legacy Tour of Quilts is underway. Unique and inspiring quilts by African American quilters are on display at selected Fulton County Senior Centers. The centers are the Helene S. Mills Senior Multi-Purpose Facility, 515 John Wesley Dobbs Drive, Atlanta, GA,  the H. J. C. Bowden Senior Multi-Purpose Facility, 2885 [...]

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Underground Railroad

Posted on February 3, 2010 by ovbrantley

We kick off Black History Month with a quilt that is simply called Underground Railroad. It was featured in the January 31, 2010 edition of the Start Your Week With a Quilt newsletter, and it was created by Charlotte Lindsey.    Many people believe that quilts were used to guide slaves to freedom on the [...]

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