If you are in the DC area, do stop by the Graham Collection in Brookland. The current exhibit is "Cheap Threads, Miniature Quilts and Wall Hangings (A Textile Journey)" - until December 27. In addition to handmade Christmas tree ornaments (all on sale), you'll find GORGEOUS quilts - all affordably priced from $250 to couple thousand dollars.
Featured quilters include: Tonia Mitchell (I LOVE her quilt of woman title Jewel! It's an elongated portrait of a woman. The male portait has sold), Viola Burley Leak, Bisa Butler (photo), Barbara Lynn Bechthold (see her Essence of Lynn), Betty Baines (she has one fabulous piece featuring a black woman doll on kuba cloth, leather, and copper plate - and yes, its a quilt!), Imani Whiters-Russell, Adrienne McDoanld (she has an elegant tie-stained wallhanging with an old world feel), Joanna Banks - great self-portrait wallhangings!, Shirley Taylor, and Francine Haskins.
4 comments:
Hello Kyra, I was introduced to your blog by Black Purl Magazine. Your blog is very enriching and I have been interested in quilting for sometime now, and coming across your blog is definitely and inspiration.. I will definitely stay tuned.
girl, you give me the travel bug posting all these great exhibits that are no where near me...I love Mitchell's dolls!!!!
Oh my, that face above on the right is simply wonderful! Wish I could be there. Thanks for the pics. I will direct my friend, who just moved to DC, to your blog. If I can't be there, maybe she can!
I am SO going to this!!!!
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