Very Fine People (white) / Lisa Woolfork

There are very fine people at the quilt retreat.

Lisa Woolfork is a sewist, podcaster, community organizer and scholar. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/creator of Stitch Please, an award-winning audio podcast that centers Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. A sixth-generation sewing enthusiast, she has spoken about the liberating aspects of stitching for the Smithsonian’s African American Craft Summit, the Modern Quilt Guild, the Center for Craft, Architectural Digest and more.

Team:
Edit, Mix, Mastering: AD Carson
Story editor: Ronald Young, Jr.
Voice coach: Dominic Lawson
Asst Sound Design: KrateDigga

Very Fine People was chosen as a Circuit Select for Circuit 06: Creative Tension. The tension bird below was knitted by Lorna Hamilton-Brown in response to this fluxwork.

Photo by Chris Kalafarski. Click here to read more about how Lorna designed and knitted this tension bird in response to Very Fine People.