Akoma Ntoso

Caroline Moore, a Craftsy quilting blogger, states that keeping programming at a quilt guild interesting and entertaining can be a daunting task for guild leadership. A quilt guild challenge, or series of quilt guild challenges—such as a Block of the Month—can be a fun way to vary the programming. While having a speaker and learning a new technique are a standard part …

November 4th:  Tina Draper Tina Draper is a native of Kentucky and is a wife, mother and grandmother living in Indianapolis, IN. Tina is a founding member of Akoma Ntoso and has completed every challenge presented to her with gusto! She has actually developed a passion for paper piecing and is a “go to” when we meet each month at …

Kita Blount Duncan, August 4th Born and raised in Brooksville, Fl, Kita is a wife and mother of three growing children! Ranging in ages from 6th grade to 12th grade, Kita tries diligently to balance life as a full time nursing student and mom! She wants to bring the joy of sewing to her daughter Mira and to others in …

It’s Time to Give Back! Or: Our First Group Quilt Project!   Akoma Ntoso Members: Our first project continues to be our mini quilts for monetary contribution to the Ransburg YMCA this fall. However, while that is an individual project, we will now begin our first group project. This project will help us check off a several things on our …

July 1st: Born and raised in Indianapolis, IN, Tony Jean Dickerson is the 7th child of 8 children raised by Linda and Jeffie Lee—and her Uncle Frank Edwards! Graduating from John Marshall High School at 17, Tony took off for Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. She spent 35 years in the Show Me State; 32 years as an educator …

One of our first projects is going to be for each member to make their own personal name badge to wear for each meeting. You should have received a small baggy with some material and a free lanyard for this purpose. You can make it by hand or machine. Several members wore theirs to our first guild meeting on June …

The members of Akoma Ntoso would like to wish a wonderful HAPPY BIRTH DAY to our members who are celebrating June birthdays! June 4th: Alnita Renee Lee was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. An only child and the eldest grandchild of her family, she was raised like a sister to her younger aunt and uncles. Nita–or “Big Nita”–actually graduated …

by Tony J. Dickerson   Cash (1995) says that quilts can be used as important resources in reconstructing the experiences of many African American women. They can provide a record of their cultural and political past. They are not just pieces of cloth; they are important art forms. Honoring who we are—not just our famous folk, but our everyday supporters—is …

Born and raised in Elkton, Kentucky July 11, 1934 (or August 11, 1935), Linda Edwards Lee raised 8 children, 2 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild. She has spent her life as a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and now a great-great grandmother! A seamstress all of her life, she began quilting around her 50th birthday. She quilted entirely by …