January 1996, and Wilma Gary's husband was dead. Fifty-three years of lovin', childbearin', bill-payin', hard-timin', overtimin', gran'babies, sickness and health with Printice T. Gary had ended. But ...

I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...

Quiltmaking among African-Americans has a richly textured history. In a new book called “Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook” (MacFarland & Co., 260 pages, $38.50), author Kyra E.