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NedRa Bonds (born 1948) is an American quilter, activist, and retired teacher, born and raised in the historic Quindaro neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas.Bonds creates quilts and mixed media fiber dolls using fabric, beads, and symbolism to explore issues dealing with human rights, race, women, politics, and the environment.
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Named after the regional Tasmanian town of Westbury, the historic quilt was created by sisters Mary Hampson (26 June 1868 – 1944) and Jane Hampson (13 October 1873 – 10 April 1950), [2] possibly with the assistance of other family members such as sister Hannah (died 18 October 1952) [3] [4] over the years 1900 to 1903. [5]
Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook by Kyra E. Hicks, McFarland & Company, (2002) pages 25, 59, 62 A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories by Roland L. Freeman , Thomas Nelson (1996)Pages 59–60, 123, 166, 167-71, 198-99, 311
Photo of Ellen Mobley's quilt taken in 1980 in Gulfport, Mississippi, before returning to Hagerstown. Ellen’s quilt passed into the hands of her sixth son, Harry Hiser Mobley (1855-1928).
In 1977, Hopkins opened a quilt shop in Santa Monica called Crazy Ladies and Friends. Hopkins' short book, The Double Wedding Ring Book, was released in 1981 and her first full-length book, The It's Okay If You Sit on My Quilt Book, in 1982. She founded a company, ME Publishing First Printing, to publish the latter.
The International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, is the home of the largest known public collection of quilts in the world. [1] Formerly known as the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, the current facility opened in 2008.
In 2016, the long-running HOT 97 show Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers was turned into a weekly TV show on FOX 5 in New York, airing Friday nights at 10:30 pm. Her list of exclusive one-on-one interviews with big-name hip hop celebrities continues to grow, from 50 Cent's first television interview (FOX 5 News, 2003) to Diddy, Jay-Z, DMX, Fetty ...