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Jessie T. Pettway (1929–November 28, 2023) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters. [1] [2]In 2006 her quilt Bars and string-pieced columns appeared on a US Postal service stamp as part of a series commemorating Gee's Bend quilters. [3]
Gwen Marston née Gwendolyn Joy Miller (October 2, 1936 - April 19, 2019) was an American quilter, quilt teacher, lecturer, and author who championed a style of quilting she called liberated quiltmaking. She encouraged modern quilt makers to break away from using commercial quilt patterns and to learn to design their own unique pieces of art.
Hystercine Rankin (September 11, 1929 - February 10, 2010) [1] [2] was an African-American quilter from Mississippi. Several of her quilts are held in the permanent collections of the American Folk Art Museum, [3] the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, [4] and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
The American quilt: A history of cloth and comfort, 1750-1950 (1993). LaPinta, Linda Elisabeth. Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce (University Press of Kentucky, 2023) online review of this book. Torsney, Cheryl B., and Judy Elsley, eds. Quilt Culture: Tracing the Pattern. (U of Missouri ...
Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache (design in the Mikasuki language), [1] is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands. [2]
Echo quilting, where a quilted outline of the appliqué pattern is repeated like ripples out to the edge of the quilt, is the most common quilting pattern employed on Hawaiian-style quilts. Beautiful examples are held in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum , Honolulu, Hawaii.