Zoom retreat March 2021
Since we weren’t traveling we shared some fun the this new block. Quilters gotta quilt!
2020 Election
These quilts and banners were inspired by the 2020 election
Essential Worker Quilts
Quilts honoring Essential Workers and essential actions
Current Issues
Liberty Votes by Mail
Quilts with our government allies
Oakland Women’s March 2020 – Congresswoman Barbara Lee meets quilt guru Fannie Etheridge – it doesn’t get any better than that! This quilt was inspired by a suggestion of Kit’s friend Catherine Bengtson, who loved the meme of Nancy Pelosi … Continued
The Virgin Arrested by ICE
We saw this image of the Virgin of Guadalupe being arrested by ICE on the internet. Maria was a bit meeker. Kit made the quilt with a more powerful Maria and smaller agents. She asked her FB friends who wanted … Continued
Free the Children
Kit Miller made this quilt for a demonstration against Trump’s policy of separating families and locking kids up in cages at border detention centers. “We were protesting our Republican Congressman Amodei’s support of Trump and his inhumane policies. Bob Fulkerson … Continued
Nevada Peace Quilt series
“This quilt is based on a stained glass window in my mother Maya Miller’s kitchen. I’m sorry I don’t know the artist! I love the design. Nancy Raven transposed the design, and Fannie Etheridge and I sewed it. We gave this … Continued
Subversive embroidery
Our best FLOTUS deserves my best frame
Pine Burr Quilt
We’re so happy to have spent several days in Nevada with quilt guru Fannie Etheridge of Alabama, learning to make a Pine Burr quilt (which is Alabama’s state quilt). We gave it to Fannie’s Mama, Ms Weatherly.
Quismas Quilts
These quilts remind us of the important role immigrants play in our society and that we need to welcome them with grace and respect.