Quilt Arts of South Africa

Marsha MacDowell is Professor of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, Curator at the Michigan State University Museum, and Director of the Quilt Index (www.quiltindex.org). She has authored many publications on traditional material culture and quiltmaking, including Quilts and Health (IUP, 2018).

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Border: Piecing Together a History of Quilts and Related Textiles in South Africa, by Marsha MacDowell
1. Traditional bedding and blanket-cloaks of the indigenous people of South Africa, by Menán du Plessis
2. South African Kappies, by Vicky Heunis
3. The Heritage Quilt: The Anglo-Boer War Women's History Quilt, by Vicky Heunis
4. The Boer War Quilt: Discovering History Through Studying a Textile, by Michael Walwyn
5. Isishweshwe: A Blueprint Fabric in Southern Africa, by Juliette Leeb-du Toit
6. Potchefstroom: A Regional Center of South African Quilt History, by Miems Lamprecht
7. The South African Quilters' Guild, by Elsa Brits
8. Fibreworks: A South African Textile Artist Organization, by Jeanette Gilks
9. Zamani Quilters of Soweto, by Marsha MacDowell
10. A Lone Star in Africa, by Dawn Pavitt
11. The Empowering Stitch, by Sandra Kriel
12. Amazwi Abesifazane—Voices of Women: A Textile History Collection, by Coral Bijoux
13. South Africa, AIDS, and Quilts, by Marsha MacDowell
14. The Keiskamma Guernica, by Brenda Schmahmann
15. The Tapestries of the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda, by Jeni Couzyn and artists from the Bushman Heritage Museum, Nieu Bethesda
16. Defining a South African Quilt Aesthetic, by Marsha MacDowell
17. Common Ground, Building Bridges: The Women of Color Quilters Network and South African Quilt Artists, by Marsha MacDowell, Carolyn Mazloomi, and Patricia Turner
18. The Quilt Index: South African Quilt History, Preservation, and Access, by Marsha MacDowell
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index