InarticulateQuilter

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Anna Williams (1927-2010) is considered the founder of three seperate quilting traditions - African-American, improvisational and scrap. Quilting since a child in Louisiana, she would piece small scraps found while cleaning a fabric shop during the 70s into the vibrant quilts that became her signature

Representative work:
Quilt CCXLII

Cotton/Synthetic
59” x 59”
c 1990s

More info:
https://64parishes.org/entry/anna-williams

Photo credit: Gavin Ashworth

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Feb 24 at 3:54pmWeb
Show threadInarticulateQuilterFeb 24
To clarify, quilters have used scraps of clothing and fabric to create quilts since the very beginning. But Williams was one of the first to make scrap quilts in the modern sense, using lots of different bits of fabric as the design, not just leftover material in a traditional block.