eQuilter Quiltfolk Magazine - Washington D.C. - Issue 39

Issue 39

It's hard not to feel the weight of history in a place like Washington, D.C. - to reflect on lives lost and sacrifices and hardships endured by so many. Yet, while walking through the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. we are reminded of our incredible capacity for love and the determination of "We Are the People" to strive for the betterment of the nation. Individuals throughout the centuries have ushed in great change through their words, their art, and, ultimately, their stories. When you choose to share your story - whether through painting, writing or quilting - you create opportunities for connection, even change. And it's never too late to start! Included artists: Aynex Mercado - A Transformative Question; Meg Fleshman - Touching Color; Lisa D. T. Rice - Passionate Threads; Allison Deptula - Born to Quilt, Fated to Cosplay; Georgia Yuan - Bringing an Unsung Chinese Immigrant's Story to Life; Katherine Wilson - Art Quilts Keep Her Blood Pressure Low; Remembering Roland L. Freeman - A Journey Less Traveled; Donna DeSoto - A Collector of Quilters; The AIDS Memorial Quilt - Stitching Memory Into History. Articles & Features: THE DAR Museum - Old Quilts With Deep Stories; Freedom in the Fold - Uhuru Quilters Guild; Quilts of the Smithsonian; Anacostia Community Museum; National Museum of the American Indian; Renwick Gallery. Quiltfolk Magazine, Issue 39 - Washington D.C. 162 pages.