Community Quilting Bee for Quilt Honoring People Enslaved at Belle Grove

Name: Community Quilting Bee for Quilt Honoring People Enslaved at Belle Grove
Start: 2025-02-16T14:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-16T16:30:00-05:00
Location: Godfrey Miller Center

Schedule

Sun Feb 16 2025 at 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Godfrey Miller Center | Winchester, VA

Come learn about memorial quilts that will honor the 270 individuals enslaved at Belle Grove from the 1780s to the 1860s. Community members stitched the name and birthdate of each person on fabric. Textile artist Carole Gary Staples of Ohio arranged the blocks into family trees and surrounded each family with African batik fabrics. Local quilt expert Pam Pampe assembled the quilt and prepared it for hand quilting. Now, the community is invited to participate.
All materials and instructions will be provided, and no prior quilting experience is necessary.
There is no charge to participate but space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected]
More future events are being organized for the community to see the quilt and take a stitch, please follow this Facebook page or watch www.bellegrove.org for more details to come!