Mary Fons is a writer, editor, and quilter, who specializes in the history of quilts and the life of quilts in popular culture. She is the author of Make & Love Quilts: Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century and Dear Quilty. Her articles on quilt history and culture have appeared in a variety of publications.
From cotton fields to sewing rooms, learn how enslaved women contributed significantly to the development of early American quilts.