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We are grateful and thrilled to be nominated for an AMBIES award! Learn more here!

Get ready for the Black Women Stitch 2023 Wall Calendar!

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.

Black Women Stitch is
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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Podcast

The official podcast of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter.

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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.

What our community says

Ayola design

@Ayoladesign

I follow you here and your podcast. I love how you uplift your guests. I’m always here to be inspired and for fun.
But Seriously, You are creating a world of joy for us. I thank you so much. A:{heart}

Aug 5, 2022

Divadiamond007

@Divadiamond007

Thank you for your Bravery and willingness to create a welcoming and inclusive sewing space for Black women. {handpraise} {heart}{handpraise}

Aug 11, 2022

BlackGirlart1959

@BlackGirlart1959

You inspire and educate, nurture and spur creativity in others. Know you are appreciated!

Aug 12, 2022

Allysia Holland

@hrhally

BWS has created a true community. It’s a safe and welcoming space to connect with like-minded and like-hearted individuals who share a love of sewing and crafting.

Jun 5, 2020

Sewmystash

@sewmystash

I love your podcast!! I found myself commenting on your guest and realized I haven’t commented on you 😂. Thank you for this podcast!! I am not new to sewing but I am new to Instagram so I am still learning.

Dec 11, 2020

Leanora Erica

@stem.orgeducator

This show is very important! It helps in so many ways. It helps to connect with concept of community and building resilience. In addition, it is humorous. In the times that we live, we need a podcast like this.

Nov 28, 2021