Bible Quilt by Harriet Powers

Washington, D.C.

While quilting was brought to America by Europeans, "patchwork" is now known the world over as an American art & craft with a rich history. The stories of thousands of women, their families, and their communities are only known to us via the quilts they created. If you have to pick just one*, the story of Harriet Powers is a bridge between eras, continents, folk art and commerce, and even technology. The Bible Quilt is now in the Smithsonian quilt collection.
*Elizabeth Mitchell's Graveyard Quilt is also pretty cool in a morbid way.

Mary Kate