EditorialA mural of the quilt “Bars And String-Pieced Columns,” by Jessie T. Pettway near the historic Freedom Quilting Bee building, a women’s sewing cooperative in Rehoboth, Ala., Aug. 30, 2021. (Wulf Bradley/The New York Times)
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle composed of pieced fragments. Repeating design of crossed foliate scrolls, black on blue, enclosing gray area with diagonally overprinted white stripes, in center of which is a floral spray ...
EditorialVest, Medium: silk, indigo Technique: stencil-applied rice resist, indigo dyed (katazome) on plain weave, Woven silk vest with stencil-applied resist pattern of lanterns and flowering vines in indigo. Ground covered in delicate white lines, suggesting ...
EditorialShawl, Medium: wool Technique: twill tapestry, embroidery Label: wool embroidery on wool twill weave, pieced together, Square woven shawl with a red ground and multicolored design in pink, orange, green, blue, purple, and white. A taupe eight-pointed s...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk on linen, mirrored glass Technique: ladder, buttonhole, surface, stem and satin stitch embroidery on plain weave, Red silk ground fabric pieced with red, yellow and blue cotton and embroidered with a design of stylized flowers an...