I made this quilt in May of 2020, as the pandemic forced many of us to isolate and the death of George Floyd caused outrage, especially in Houston, where I live and where he grew up. As some 60,000 marched in downtown Houston, I did the only thing I knew to do… make a quilt about this moment. “Say Their Names” is an original design with a hand-drawn font. The symbols around the outside circle are meant to be crosses. This quilt has been exhibited around the U.S. with other Social Justice Sewing Academy quilts. It was juried into the Quiltcon 2022 show. The quilt is now part of the permanent collection of the International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska.
