100 Days of COVID-19, Day 71

My Art in the Time of a Pandemic

Master Classes

Now that Maryland is in phase II of re-opening, I am looking forward to working with skilled crafters of the African American Quilters of Baltimore.  The photo above is 87 year-old Mrs. Vera Hall showing me how to correct a few crooked paillettes on one of my textile pages.  It is a very tricky sewing process to precisely place medium sized sequins and paillettes along the edges of pages, and she showed me a few ways of accomplishing this.

Usually you get to see hand sewn late 1800s quilts like this in museums behind glass.  In Baltimore, I get to see these beauties at my meetings.  

One of my quilt sisters was restoring parts of it for a family.  

*Coronavirus Disease 2019:
Update in Maryland- 6/9/2020

58,904 confirmed cases 

2,811 deaths   4,279 recovered

Update in New York State - 6/9/2020

379,482  confirmed cases 

30,458 deaths    67,808 recovered

Total in United States: 1,979,089 confirmed cases, 111,979 deaths
Total Worldwide: 7,237,093 confirmed cases, 411,144 deaths

* All numbers are taken from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center