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During the years of the Underground Railroad in the US, slaves seeking freedom needed to communicate, but what code could they use?
They were not allowed to learn to read.
But they did make quilts.
So the quilt patterns served as codes in this life and death gamble.
If you saw this Flying Geese quilt pattern hanging out of a window, you knew to follow the geese north.
When I saw the Flying Geese quilt in the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson MI, it captured my imagination!
And this is what happened!
11 × 14” oil and cold wax
During the years of the Underground Railroad in the US, slaves seeking freedom needed to communicate, but what code could they use?
They were not allowed to learn to read.
But they did make quilts.
So the quilt patterns served as codes in this life and death gamble.
If you saw this Flying Geese quilt pattern hanging out of a window, you knew to follow the geese north.
When I saw the Flying Geese quilt in the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson MI, it captured my imagination!
And this is what happened!
11 × 14” oil and cold wax