Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Thanks for Coming Out Tonight

Thanks to those of you who were able to make it out tonight. The North Lawndale African American Heritage Quilting Project held its 6th session on October 25, 2011 at Better Boys Foundation. Individual group members pulled together 12.5" blocks which will be stitched together to create the top of the first quilt next week. We thank Shirley Wilson and Karen Bailey for facilitating tonight's session and assembling the pieces for the quilt blocks. Here's the Flickr stream from tonight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67816795@N04/sets/72157627855483705/show/

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Thanks for Coming Out to Last Night's Workshop

I would like to thank those of you who came out to tonight's quilting workshop with the North Lawndale African American Heritage Quilting Project. I did a presentation on message quilting, while Reneau Diallo debunked the myth of the Underground Railroad quilts, shared some of her own quilts and provided history of some common African textiles. We will start our first quilt on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.
Workshop 5 Message Quilts
Workshop Photos

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Flickr Stream From Workshop 3

Back in School Event

We participated in the Back In the Youth Ready Community Council-Region 3's Back in School Event on October 7, 2011. Here is a picture of our table, with a work in progress by Valerie F. Leonard, Project Manager.

Support the Solidarity Market

We urge you to come out and support this year's Solidarity Market at Old St. Pat's. Download a flyer below. Solidarity Market Electronic Flyer

Thanks for Coming Out on Tuesday

Thanks everyone who came out Tuesday night to participate in the workshop. My mom finished up the workshop on embroidery, and Lisa Wilcoxen facilitated a workshop on basic quilting. I didn't do a sign in sheet, but I'm guessing that we had between 20 and 25 people come through over the course of the evening. We thank Lisa Wilcoxen, Essie Leonard, Chris Malawy and Reneau Diallo for their workshops and for supporting the facilitators. The teamwork is phenomenal! Here are pics from last night's session. The quality of the pics is not good, but you get a sense for what happened.

 

Here is a link to pics from Valerie Leonard's mobile uploads. These include pics from 2 weeks ago and earlier. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150261607643024.351765.587348023&type=1

Remember Jacquelyn Gipson, one of our lead quilters, in our prayers. Her dad is very ill, and she finds herself visiting him in the hospital twice a day. In spite of this, she is always looking for ways to help us out. We have set up a separate Facebook page for the project. Please suggest that your friends "like" the North Lawndale African American Heritage Quilting Project. http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Lawndale-African-American-Heritage-Quilting-Project/261167610588983

We are considering preparing residents to participate in next year's Solidarity Market, so they can make their own crafts and sell them to the public. In the meantime, I have attached a copy of the flyer for this year's event, which takes place on October 23. http://www.scribd.com/doc/68498249/Solidarity-Market-Electronic-Flyer There is a potential for us to work with Marshall High School Alumni Association and CPS/Service Learning to document local community history and the lives of prominent CPS alumni from the area.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Please Distribute This Project Flyer

Full Page Flyer

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Reminder-3rd Quilting Workshop-Tuesday, October 4, 2011

I just wanted to remind you that we will be having our second quilting workshop on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm at BBF. BBF is located on the corner of Pulaski and15th Street. We will show you how to do 7 basic embroidery stitches that can be used for your next quilting block. Workshop 3 Basic Embroidery