1998 – 2018 The AAQC celebrates 20 years of quilting
AAQC members work in a range of styles, from traditional block designs and hand quilting to original designs, machine quilting, and contemporary three-dimensional fiber arts. In addition to holding local group quilt exhibitions, the AAQC members have artworks in numerous traveling exhibitions throughout the United States and around the world.
The group and its members have been featured in local and international magazines, in quilt publications, and on local television shows. AAQC members have also taught quilting classes at local and national quilting retreats. In 2008, the AAQC self-published the book The African American Quilt Circle of Durham.
QUILT JOURNEYS, a film by Atinuke Diver and Mara Guevarra, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
THE STORY OF THE AAQC, a Duke Forum for Scholars and Publics panel discussion at the Hayti Heritage Center, March 10, 2018
The women who make up the African American Quilt Circle of Durham congregate once a month for three hours to quilt. They piece together fabrics of all patterns, shades and textures with varying degrees of expertise. Of course women getting together to sew is nothing new.
