num_pages: 48
description: Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century America, the artistry of Harriet Powers, a skilled seamstress and deeply religious woman born into slavery, is captured in reproductions of panels from her magnificent story quilts.
language: English
title: Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers
titlecomplete: Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers (African-American Artists and Artisans)
characters: Harriet Powers
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Quilting, Childrens, Biography Memoir, Art, History
ratings_count: 59
places: Georgia
publisher: Atheneum