Shownotes
Start of the show. 0:09
- Welcome to stitch please, official podcast of black women's stitch.
- Black women at quilt con.
- Finding a safe place from her heart to land.
- Quilting as a way to escape mathematics.
- What does “I miss hope” bring to me? 3:33
- The scale of I miss hope.
- The frustration and tension of following the news.
- The intersection of quilting and activism.
- The process of creating a statement quilt.
- Defining risks as risks. 8:38
- Risks in her work and how she defines them.
- Being featured by scholastic.
- Being a Scholastic Book Fair girl.
- Black girl math magic. 12:56
- The Black girl math magic subscription box.
- The Renwick museum acquisition process.
- All makers except hetero white males.
- The call from the Renwick curator.
- America owns my quilt. 18:05
- America owns her quilt.
- The poker metaphor, bet on yourself and win.
- Bipac quilters are being relegated to a separate category.
- The binary of beautiful quilts and statement quilts.
- How she thinks about balance in her work. 22:22
- The 10th anniversary of quilt con.
- How quilting has changed over the last decade.
- A scene from Amadeus.
- Balance between texture and the overall aesthetic of the piece.
- How to leave space without leaving space? 25:57
- How to quilt with an out-of-focus line.
- How Instagram is controlling quilting.
- Small pieces of art on a wall.
- Creating a quilt for instagram.
- The words “I can't breathe” 29:38
- Chawne makes the words to express his thoughts.
- The title of the episode, patchwork to power.
- Black women's liberatory stitching traditions.
- Power, liberation and process of stitching quilts.
- The power of the needle and needle. 34:12
- The power of the needle and needle.
- Words of wisdom for the interviewee.
- Take care of yourself and your health.
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