Voting Rights Quilts
These quilts and banners were inspired by the 2020 election
Black Girls’ Joy Quilt
People sometimes ask about our process. We started the Black Girls’ Joy quilt by ordering a lot of the great pink and brown and girl power fabric. The tour’s logo is in the center (puffed out). Then we cut and … Continued
A Womb of One’s Own
With apologies to Virginia Woolf (and tapping into her imagery of the marginalization of women), the front of the banner is, I think, self explanatory. A woman’s body is hers and hers alone. No government, court or church should have … Continued
Fannie and Kit collaborate
Quilting doesn’t stop for a pandemic. Fannie and Kit started these quilts in person and finished them over the phone.
Fannie Etheridge
Fannie made this quilt in honor of Juneteenth Watch Return of the Bees Fannie taught Catherine and Kit how to make the Pine Burr quilt that Fannie gave to her mom. Check out the finished quilt
Catherine’s Yakatas
You can download instructions here
Comfort Quilts
These quilts were made by Kit and Catherine, after the election, to thank activists for their work and to offer comfort to those around them.
Ann’s quilts
I created this block for the @sjsa_remembranceprojectResearching the case of George Robinson, killed by Jackson, Mississippi police in January 2019, I was horrified at the casual brutality that resulted in Mr. Robinson’s death. Policing has become militarized, leading to all-out … Continued
Zoom retreat March 2021
Since we weren’t traveling we shared some fun learning the Town Square block. Quilters gotta quilt!
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!
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.