The March Quilts

03/18/2026

Registration link in comments! Join us at Hoover Public Library on Saturday, March 28th for the only Jefferson County TMQ10 workshop this year.

02/18/2026

Scenes from the Quilt of Souls book talk + TMQ2 10th anniversary quilt exhibition. Phyllis Biffle Elmore talked about forgiveness and generosity as modeled by her force-of-nature grandmother, Lula Horn. One of our favorite quotes from last night: when asked if she quilts, Mrs. Elmore states, "my pen is my needle and my ink is my thread"

TMQ2 10th anniversary quilts will remain on display in the Hoover Public Library cafe area through the end of the week and will be BACK UP on 3/28/26 during a workshop led by TMQ director, Lillis Taylor.

02/16/2026

In 2016, facilitators of The March Quilts chose the gender wage gap to spark discourse and creativity for the second year of this community arts program that - at the time - aimed to shed light on themes of civil and human rights through open sewing sessions around a particular topic. Ten years later, The March Quilts is a nonprofit with the mission of enhancing the intersection of advocacy and the arts through exhibitions of our quilt collection, workshops, and more.

To mark the ten year anniversary of our gender wage gap quilt, we commissioned nine women artists (who live/work in Alabama) to respond to the original quilt. The first exhibition of this collection takes place TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday, February 17, 6PM) at Hoover Public Library. TMQ has partnered with to welcome author Phyllis Biffle Elmore, who will be in Birmingham to share her memoir, Quilt of Souls, in a series of public events. To learn more about these events, visit on Facebook.

01/14/2026

We featured Ms. Colvin during Year 5 of The March Quilts, as one of our unsung heroines of Alabama. Happy to see how much recognition and respect she received for her bravery, later in life.

The NAACP mourns the loss of Claudette Colvin, a courageous and often-overlooked pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement.

At only 15 years old, nine months before Rosa Parks’ historic stand, Colvin refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiant act of bravery was a pivotal moment of resistance.

We honor Colvin’s strength, her sacrifice, and her profound impact on the struggle for equality. Her legacy reminds us that courage can come at any age.

07/27/2025

"Quilting is Community" is what Mr. Davis chose to embroider during our workshop in Africatown today. Culture Fest was incredible and we are so full of stories after just a few hours together. A huge thank you to the village that made this special day happen! And a big thank you to Alabama State Council on the Arts, Alabama Folklife Association, Daniel Foundation, and Commissioner Merceria Ludgood: because of the support we were able to procure, Africatown residents will be creating a sister quilt to the one we are making and a handful of dedicated sewists are already busy embroidering strips (including Mr. Davis) ❤️🪡🧵

03/16/2025

Dear community - help us if you can. We received this orphan block from TMQ8 - A(MEND) and we're not sure who the maker is. If you recognize the block, please let us know! And, if you have an orphan block of your own, we are continuing to collect them...from any March Quilts year.

03/04/2025

Our next TMQ10 workshop will take place in Dallas County on Saturday, March 15. We are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at By the River Center for Humanity for this workshop. If you are a Dallas county resident, we hope you'll join us. For more information or to register, send an email to [email protected]

You will also have the rare opportunity to see the full March Quilts collection during this workshop. We hope you'll join us!

03/03/2025

03/03/2025

We are looking forward to Jubilee! Thank you, Todd Prater for getting this story out so quickly!

Artist Lillis Taylor talks about The March Quilts will present a community quilts exhibition at the historic Harmony Club in Selma on March 8 and a sewing workshop on March

03/02/2025

TMQ1 The Selma Quilt is now on display at The Harmony Club on Water Ave in Selma. The last time this quilt was in this zip code, it was exhibited at the Selma Public Library across from the Jubilee banner the week of March 21-25, 2015. Visitors were able to look at the blocks and imagine the foot soldiers marching into Montgomery, seeking equal rights, protected voting rights for all, and support from their legislative body. We're tired of history repeating itself. Until something changes, The March Quilts will continue to spread the hope and demands of everyday Alabamians.

Come see The Selma Quilt along with its 15 other siblings on March 8th (9-4) and 15th (11-3)
1007 Water Ave, Selma, AL 36701