New Book Release In 2024
Discover the profound impact of sewing arts on Black women's liberation, self-determination, and joy in Lisa Woolfork's latest non-fiction book, "Stitch Please: When Freedom is Fed with Needle and Thread." This captivating exploration traverses history to modern day, revealing the transformative power of needle and thread in empowering Black women throughout the ages.
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We are grateful and thrilled to be nominated for an AMBIES award! Learn more here!
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This year's calendar is jam-packed with historical and cultural information. It also features beautiful and original art, important dates in Black women's history, sewing history, and activist/liberationist history.
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the sewing group where
Black lives matter.
Centering Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing while promoting the principles of Black liberation, radical self love, and social justice.
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Featured ON NPR Radio: Lisa, Woolfork
Founder of Black Women Stitch
2 Charlottesville, Va., residents remember the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally Five years ago a car slammed into a crowd of counterprotesters. One person was killed and a dozen injured. Lisa Woolfork was in that crowd. She remembers that day with her friend Kendall King-Sellars.
Hi, I'm Lisa, convener/founder of Black Women Stitch
I love to sew! I am also a scholar/academic, specializing in African American literature and culture. After harrowing experiences with racist terror attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia, I decided to build a Black feminist liberation space of care that celebrates the creative lives of Black women, girls, and femmes. That’s how Black Women Stitch came to life: a combination of my sewing knowledge, academic vocation, and activist training.
