“I feel like their soul can’t possibly rest with an unfinished piece of art out there,” Downey ... “I opened it up and discovered it was a massive quilting project that was just begun.

Inside, she found a massive unfinished quilting project with a similar motif ... the amount of work that goes into creating a piece of art when it's made in fibre or by women.

But earlier this fall, Downey stumbled across an unfinished quilt of the United States at ... Downey's known on Instagram for blending art and activism under the name Badass Cross Stitch.

The words top plaque after plaque in corners of The Art Institute of Chicago ... help on social media when she found the unfinished embroidery and quilting project at the estate sale of Rita ...

The stories she refers to are about intricate quilts hung from fences, or around homes to indicate to slaves that a house was a safe one. According to the National Gallery of Art, unlike the organized ...

Avis Collins Robinson was a visual artist best known for her paintings and abstract quilts that explored race ... She hated to leave anything unfinished: During her final stay at Johns Hopkins ...