Threads of Identity: Stitching Stories Through Portrait Quilts

In this unique presentation, artists will share their deeply personal approaches to transforming photographic images into expressive textile art. Through storytelling and visual examples, they will discuss their inspirations, creative processes, techniques, fabric selection and sourcing, as well as the technical challenges they’ve encountered—and the innovative solutions they’ve discovered along the way.

The event will conclude with an open Q&A, offering the audience a chance to engage directly with the artists.

This event is part of the Stitching Stories workshop and exhibition series. This is a collaboration between the Heritage Museum of Asian Art and the Needles and Threads Quilters Guild (ntqg.org), supported by Healing Illinois.

Artist bio:

Joyce Weathington has been sewing since her teenage years, but she found her true artistic calling five years ago when she discovered quilting. In particular, she has developed a passion for portrait quilting—capturing faces, memories, and stories through Needles and Threads Quilters Guild.…