Lea McComas

June 1st, 2024

Lea McComas is an acclaimed fiber artist, teacher, author, and founder of the Border Wall Quilt Project with a life-long interest in textiles and fiber art. She first sat at a sewing machine at age 6, has sheared sheep and spun yarn for hand knit sweaters, studied carpet weaving in Turkey and fabric dying in Japan. Her award-winning pictorial quilts have been exhibited around the world, and featured in numerous publications. Lea’s book, Thread-Painted Portraits, shares the knowledge and techniques behind her award-winning portrait quilts. Learn more at www.leamccomas.com

Meeting Presentation

Women’s Work

Her epic art quilt, Women’s Work, was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and women’s struggle for equality. The quilt features 57 female figures from across the ages and honors their achievements in the fight for gender and racial equality, and the protections of human rights. Lea will share with us the inspirations and challenges related to designing and creating a quilt of this size, along with some of the stories of courage and commitment of the women featured in the quilt in hopes that these will inspire others to
continue the work.

Presentation will begin at 10:00 am Central Standard Time. (one hour length)

Free to Members. $10 for Guests.