“If there was no wood for a coffin when pioneers were traveling west, the deceased might have been wrapped in a quilt replacing the coffin.”- Mary Bywater Cross, Treasures in the Trunk: Quilts of the Oregon Trail Wrapping the feed sack quilt around me, I wept silently on the lumpy …
“When an individual’s mind takes off in uncontrollable flights of anxiety or depression or grief, making a quilt redirects and soothes the mind in a safe, predictable way. Quilting is meditation for people who can’t sit still to meditate.” 1 -Dr. Madeline Fernbach, Clinical Psychologist This type of therapy can …
“The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.” -Mary McLeod Bethune, educator It started with my first born, Jessalyn, wrapped papoose-style in her cotton candy pink quilt, and tucked in my elbow. With my other hand, I held a magazine with lots of pictures and slowly …
“Quilts are active agents in history and vivid storytellers.” (Click the text above to learn about Macia Fuller and her Underground Railroad quilts.) Women with needles. Creating maps and codes. Freeing countless precious souls from slavery. One group of stitchers was the Quakers who ran the safe houses, or stations …
