Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC)
Highlighting African-American
Quilters, Quilts and Textiles
2014
Book and Resource List
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This
I Accomplish: Harriet Powers’ Bible Quilt and Other Pieces, by Kyra E. Hicks
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1.6
Million African American Quilters, by Kyra E. Hicks
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Harriet
Power’s Bible Quilts by Regenia A. Perry
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Global
Expressions: Decorating With Fabrics from Around the World, by Lisa Shepard
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A
Piece of My Soul: Quilts By Arkansans, by Cuesta Benberry
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Always
There: The African-American Presence in American Quilts, by Cuesta Benberry
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Treasury
of Crazy Quilt Stitches, by Carole Samples
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Stitched
From the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South, by Gladys-Marie Fry
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Talking
With Tebe’: Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist, by Mary E. Lyons
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Crafted
Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilts, by Dr. Patricia Turner
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Hidden
in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, by
Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard
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Bold
Improvisation: Searching for African- American Quilts, by Scott Heffley
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GEE’S
BEND THE WOMEN AND THEIR QUILTS, TINWOOD BOOKS
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Gee’s
Bend, by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
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Dancing
at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold’s French Collection and other Story Quilts, by
Faith Ringgold
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Signs
and Symbols: African Images in African-American Quilts, by Maude Southwell
Wahlman
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Quilts
Inspirited by President Barack Obama: Journey of Hope, by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
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Spirit
of the Cloth: Contemporary African-American Quilts, by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
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Textural
Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition. By Carolyn L. Mazloomi
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Threads
of Faith by Carolyn Mazloomi and Patricia C. Pongracz
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The
Freedom Quilting Bee, by Nancy Callahan
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Accidentally
on Purpose. By Eli Leon
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A
Communion of The Spirits, by Roland L. Freeman
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The
Soul Art Of African American Quilts:
Nineteen Bold, Improvisational Projects by Sonie Ruffin
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Quilt
Africa by Jenney Williamson & Pat Parker
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Anna
Williams, Her Quilts & Their Influences by Katherine Watts
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How
to Make an African Quilt, The Story of the Patchwork Project of Segou, Mali by
Bonnie Lee Black
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Wrapped
in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identify, UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History, Los Angeles
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African
Textiles by John Gillow
Exhibition Catalogues:
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Amazing
Wonders: Quilts by African–Americans of the Northern CA Region Oct 13-Dec 23,
2009
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Just
How I Picture It in My Mind: Contemporary African American Quilts From the
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (2006)
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Stitching
Memories: African American Story Quilts, The Oakland Museum (1990)
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Who’D A Thought It: Improvisation in African
American Quiltingmaking, San Francisco Craft & Folk Museum (1987)
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Will
The Circle Be Unbroken: Four Generations of African American Quiltmakers,
Museum of Craft and Folk Art (2006)
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“Showing
Up” Maximum-Contrast African-American Quilts, Richmond Art Center (1996)
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Something
Pertaining to GOD: The Patchwork Art of
Rosie Lee Thompkins, Shelburne Museum (2007)
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Something
Else to See : Improvisational Bordering
Styles in African-American Quilts, University Gallery, University of
Massachusetts Amherst (1997)
Arbie
Williams Transforms The Britches Quilt, Berkeley Art Center (1994)
Children
Books:
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Cassie’s
Word Quilt by Faith Ringgold
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Stitching
Stars: The Story of Harriet Powers, by Mary E. Lyons
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The
Quilt Story, by Tony Johnson and Tomie dePaola
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The
Lord’s Supper Pattern Book: Imagining Harriet Powers’ Lost Bible Story Quilt,
by Kyra E. Hicks
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Stitchin’
and Pullin’: A Gee Bend Quilt, by Patricia C. McKissack
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Sweet
Clara and the Freedom Quilt, by Deborah Hopkinson
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Under
the Quilt of Night, by Deborah Hopkinson
- Lets
Quilt Our African American Heritage & Stuff It Topographically, by
Carole Marsh
Doll Books:
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The
Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls by Debbie Garrett
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Black
Dolls Proud, Bold and Beautiful by Nayda Rondon and Barbara A. Whiteman
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Making
Creative Cloth Dolls by Marthe Le Van
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Folk Art Primitive Doll Patterns: 20 Primitive Black Doll
and Art Doll Patterns by Jennifer
Terry
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Dolls
Old and New You Can Make (Vintage) by Helen Young
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The
Doll Blogs, When Dolls Speak I Listen by Debbie Garrett
Compiled
by Sisters Quilting Collective (SQC) and Blue Nile Press,
February 2014
