African American Quilts

During the visit, the woman who guided us through the museum enlightened our heads with much interesting knowledge about

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Quilt historians say that black women made their quilts in the same styles that were popular with the general population during any given period. I had a couple of favorites, but my overall favorite piece of art was the John Biggers mural, which was astonishing. Britches was a quilt that consisted of old scraps of pants, which some patches contained the original stone washed jeans. Let’s take a Nap, my favorite, was a quilt with an African American boy and his father taking a nap on the couch. It is now found that, overall, the African American quilters quilts range from African influence, to those based on traditional styles. It was also said that the economic status determined what kind of quilts the women made. If you were poor women, you had to deal with scraps and discarded clothing. I really admired this quilt because there’s nothing more enjoyable to me than seeing a father and son bond together. Some of my favorite quilts were, “Let’s take a Nap” by Phillis Harris and “Britches” by Lettie North. African American quilting has been apart of our culture for many years, and it will continue to be apart of the African American culture. It was said that John Biggers (the founder of the TSU school of art) spent well over a year on that piece. She told us that back then, women (African American) made quilts for everyday use out of scraps, discarded clothing, and feed stacks. It was said that the African American woman made the quilts as a story of their life patterns or as a link to the African American roots.

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