Our guild was formed with eight founding members in March of 1993. We now have 28 members. Our quilts have been featured in shows in Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Missouri, and Kentucky. We have had quilt shows at the Newsome House Museum in Newport News and several at the Frances Land Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Our guild was one of many African- American quilting groups to be featured in Roland L. Freeman's book entitled "A Communion of the Spirits." One member's quilted wall hanging is featured in Carolyn Mazloomi's book entitled "Sprits of the Cloth."
We participate in community projects and teach workshops and classes. Each member must teach one class during the year at a guild meeting. Our community involvements include speaking to groups about the art of Quilting and dispelling the myth of what African American Quilting really is. Members made quilts for the residents of a nursing home in Hampton, quilts for a shelter for unwed mothers, and at present we are making quilted walker/wheelchair bags for patients in nursing homes.
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Our guild was formed with eight founding members in March of 1993. We now have 28 members. Our quilts have been featured in shows in Virgi...
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Quilting by the Sea March 8-11, 2018 The members of the 54-40 AAQG of VA will celebrate our Silver anniversary with ...
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Parisian Curves By Carole Lyles Shaw Finished Size: lapquilt 57” x 69” or Baby Quilt (42” x 42”) Parisian Curves: Impr...