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Alberta Gilchrist: Quilting

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Alberta Gilchrist: Quilting
Episode 3
Resident of Parksville, SC (McCormick County). Gilchrist was a schoolteacher from 1921-1975 and started quilting as a youngster. Her grandmother was born into slavery and learned to quilt while she...
Alberta Gilchrist: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions

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Alberta Gilchrist: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions
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Resident of Parksville, S.C. (McCormick County). Gilchrist was a schoolteacher from 1921-1975 and started quilting as a youngster. Her grandmother was born into slavery and learned to quilt while she...
Maree Dowdey: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions

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Maree Dowdey: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions
Because of her close ties with textiles, she became interested in enhancing the beauty of fibers with natural dyes. She learned how to use roots, berries, flowers and many other organic materials for...
Jovita Cordova: Crocheting Photos | Digital Traditions

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Jovita Cordova: Crocheting Photos | Digital Traditions
Mrs. Jovita Cordova is originally from Mexico. She now resides in Lexington County, South Carolina where she continues a tradition she learned from her mother in Mexico. She learned to crochet when...
Carrie Coachman: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions

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Carrie Coachman: Quilting Photos | Digital Traditions
A native of Georgetown County, Coachman was a quiltmaker whose work represented the best in the distinctive traditions of the South Carolina coast. Coachman grew up in a traditional quilt making...
Helen Carpenter: Quilting | Digital Traditions

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Helen Carpenter: Quilting | Digital Traditions
Mrs. Helen Clark Carpenter practices canning and preserving at her home in Edgefield. She learned this tradition from her mother, in her home state of Ohio. She has been canning for over forty years...
Amanda Brown: Quilting | Photos

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Amanda Brown: Quilting | Photos
Mrs. Amanda Brown is a quilter from Greenwood County. She works both by herself and with a local quilting group. Mrs. Brown learned from helping her mother and has been practicing her art for over...
William & D.X. Gordy | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
William & D.X. Gordy | Digital Traditions
Episode 3
Son of Georgia potter W.T.B. Gordy (1877-1955), D.X. Gordy took over his father’s shop and gradually moved away from the traditional forms produced by earlier family potters. Gordy retained the...