Add to ORKGAs an occupation, quilting is steeped in powerful meaning for a given quilter, their family, and their broader culture. Quilting serves utilitarian purposes, as well as provides opportunities for quilters and members of their culture to express values, beliefs, and ideals. Quilting has served as a primary occupation for women across many generations of cultures, allowing for the provision of comfort to the family, the expression of ritual and cultural beliefs, and the expression of political and social statements
Women make quilts to “do something” when troubled by personal tragedies and world events. Well-known...
Activism through Quilting (Nell Orndorf) will discuss and example design, use and customs of quiltin...
Quilting is a functional art form that has been practiced by generations of American women. In the p...
Quilting has been a part of the American tradition since the settlement of the first Europeans. Thro...
Cloth has figured prominently in the commerce, daily life, and ceremonial functions of people throug...
Quilts and act of quilt making are frequently used as metaphors for aspects of human life, particula...
Quilting, once regarded as a traditional craft, has broken through the barriers of history, art and ...
Historically, quilt making has been recorded in the United States (U.S.) since the 18th century not ...
Scholars of African American religion have done well to note the poignant role of cultural producti...
The importance of quilting is evident throughout its’ own history. Originally, quilting has been use...
When protestant missionaries first arrived in Hawaii in the early nineteenth century one of their fi...
In American culture, the handmade quilt has long been a freighted signifier of home comforts, domest...
Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Coun...
Quilting in America has become a type of symbol used not only for individual artists or authors, but...
Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Sociology, 2013This qualitative research explores how soci...
Women make quilts to “do something” when troubled by personal tragedies and world events. Well-known...
Activism through Quilting (Nell Orndorf) will discuss and example design, use and customs of quiltin...
Quilting is a functional art form that has been practiced by generations of American women. In the p...
Quilting has been a part of the American tradition since the settlement of the first Europeans. Thro...
Cloth has figured prominently in the commerce, daily life, and ceremonial functions of people throug...
Quilts and act of quilt making are frequently used as metaphors for aspects of human life, particula...
Quilting, once regarded as a traditional craft, has broken through the barriers of history, art and ...
Historically, quilt making has been recorded in the United States (U.S.) since the 18th century not ...
Scholars of African American religion have done well to note the poignant role of cultural producti...
The importance of quilting is evident throughout its’ own history. Originally, quilting has been use...
When protestant missionaries first arrived in Hawaii in the early nineteenth century one of their fi...
In American culture, the handmade quilt has long been a freighted signifier of home comforts, domest...
Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Coun...
Quilting in America has become a type of symbol used not only for individual artists or authors, but...
Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Sociology, 2013This qualitative research explores how soci...
Women make quilts to “do something” when troubled by personal tragedies and world events. Well-known...
Activism through Quilting (Nell Orndorf) will discuss and example design, use and customs of quiltin...
Quilting is a functional art form that has been practiced by generations of American women. In the p...