Freedom Quilt Codes Join us! February 16, 10:15 am & March 16, 10:15 am.
Be part of fiber art project with artists across Dallas. VET will
present a workshop series entitled “Freedom Quilt Codes,” a three
month-long, textile-arts project that involves a series of quilt piecing
workshops across the city. Attend one, or all of the sessions: two
will be held at Lochwood Library, 11221 Lochwood Blvd. Dallas 75218
Participants will create quilt blocks based on Freedom Quilt Code
designs. Each of the first nine classes will be dedicated to making a
single pattern, the 10th class is for assembling your blocks into a
quilt. This event-series culminates May 18th at the South Dallas Cultural Center. On
that morning, your quilt blocks will be assembled for display, with an
exhibit reception to follow that afternoon. There will be blank panels
on hand for those that did not attend all of the workshops. Participants
will keep their art quilts.
This is a fun and free workshop. All supplies are provided, and no
special skills are required. Blocks will be made from fabric, using glue
and hand stitching.
Sign up now! Register for classes at: https://artcycletx.wixsite.com/freedomquilts
Email your name(s) and date(s) to: [email protected]
Learn more about Freedom Quilt Codes Folklore suggests that certain
quilt patterns were used by African American slaves to leave secret
signals to aid others that were escaping to freedom. Oral testimony of
Ozella McDaniel, a descendant of slaves, was the basis of a book
published in 1998, Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and
the Underground Railroad, by historians Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond
Dobard.
Hosted by Lochwood Branch Library Friends. Funded by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Projects Funding.
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