Chawne Kimber: A Sew Black live episode

Start of the show. 0:09

• Welcome to stitch please, official podcast of black women's stitch.
• Black women at quilt con.
• Finding a safe place from her heart to land.
• Quilting as a way to escape mathematics.
• What does “I miss hope” bring to me? 3:33
• The scale of I miss hope.
• The frustration and tension of following the news.
• The intersection of quilting and activism.
• The process of creating a statement quilt.
• Defining risks as risks. 8:38
• Risks in her work and how she defines them.
• Being featured by scholastic.
• Being a Scholastic Book Fair girl.
• Black girl math magic. 12:56
• The Black girl math magic subscription box.
• The Renwick museum acquisition process.
• All makers except hetero white males.
• The call from the Renwick curator.
• America owns my quilt. 18:05
• America owns her quilt.
• The poker metaphor, bet on yourself and win.
• Bipac quilters are being relegated to a separate category.
• The binary of beautiful quilts and statement quilts.
• How she thinks about balance in her work. 22:22
• The 10th anniversary of quilt con.
• How quilting has changed over the last decade.
• A scene from Amadeus.
• Balance between texture and the overall aesthetic of the piece.
• How to leave space without leaving space? 25:57
• How to quilt with an out-of-focus line.
• How Instagram is controlling quilting.
• Small pieces of art on a wall.
• Creating a quilt for instagram.
• The words “I can't breathe” 29:38
• Chawne makes the words to express his thoughts.
• The title of the episode, patchwork to power.
• Black women's liberatory stitching traditions.
• Power, liberation and process of stitching quilts.
• The power of the needle and needle. 34:12
• The power of the needle and needle.
• Words of wisdom for the interviewee.
• Take care of yourself and your health.
• Support Black Women Stitch on Patreon.

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