Photo of a patchwork of instruments, items and fabrics overlayed with Douglass Day graphics.

Stitching Stories: Quilting for Douglass Day

Tue, 02/10/2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Event
Location:
Instruction & Training 2509

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Celebrate Douglass Day and Black History Month by contributing to a collaborative community quilt! Create a unique fabric square using collage and appliqué techniques. Share your story side-by-side with the campus community while we contemplate themes of citizenship, community, and home.

At the end of the workshop, your decorated squares will be sewn into a collective quilt to be displayed at the Douglass Day Birthday Party & Transcribe-a-thon event on Friday, February 13th. All materials will be provided – no prior sewing or art experience is necessary. 

Douglass Day is an annual celebration of and day of service to the legacy of abolitionist, orator, statesman, and social reformer Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Since 2017, thousands of volunteers from around the world come together virtually on Douglass’s chosen birthday of February 14 to participate in a national transcribe-a-thon to create new & freely available resources for learning about Black history.

This event may be photographed or recorded.