Take an audio tour of "Quilted Connections: Sisterhood in Cloth," an exhibition at The Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum and the oldest museum building in the United States! Listen to master quilters Rosalind Robinson, Sandra Smith, and Glenda Richardson talk about their quilting techniques and the fascinating stories that surround their craft. Includes 17 stops with the artists. The exhibition was on view at The Peale from December 1, 2022-January 29, 2023.
Rosalind Robinson (00:00): Hi, my name is Rosalind Robinson. I am a member of the African American Quilters of Baltimore. I came to the Peale Museum as a result of my involvement in the production of two quilts that are installed here at the Peale Museum. And I was one of a team of three ladies of the African American quilters of Baltimore who were invited to have a show here. Our show is called "Quilt Connections: A Sisterhood in Cloth," and I'm absolutely delighted to be a part of this show, which is running until the end of January, 2023.
(00:59): I have five pieces in the show and I'm going to begin talking about them. There are five distinctly different pieces so that you can get a flavor of the diverse work that I do. The first is done with African wax prints and boutiques and it's called a strip quilt. And it's done on set in diagonal blocks. And each block is two different colors. So when the blocks are assembled together, they create a diamond design in two colorways, and you will have to see it to experience how this happens. But it was intentional to create these diamonds that are created by a block, which is created with two different colors. And this quilt is called "Makena," made with boutiques and African wax prints.
