History Outside the Box Quilting by T Carter

06/28/2024

Had an absolutely lovely day yesterday at The Jefferson. I gave my Dreispitz lecture to a wonderful group of seniors and their guests. Thank you for your warm hospitality and kindness.

05/27/2024

When in Paris…shop for fabric (and eat, of course!)!! I made a return visit to the fabulous 5-story Marche Sainte-Pierre and found a new favorite, Frou-Frou. They offer gorgeous quilting cottons, a zillion decorative buttons and a huge haberdashery selection. Quilters Paradise!! Pure delight!

04/21/2024

Hello from London! Shopping at Libertys for a bit of fancy fabric today. An absolute lovely store! What a delightful experience. And I met a woman in the store from Frederickburg, Virginia!! A small quilty world, indeed. 😊

04/19/2024

A must see history exhibit!!! Save the date(s)—April 25, 2024-August 30, 2024.

Open April 25, 2024 – August 30, 2024 Free with suggested donation This exhibit, created by public history students at George Mason University, brings attention to the Doeg people and their absence. The Doeg, for whom Dogue Creek and Dogue Run Farm are named, lived on the land that is now Woodlaw

04/02/2024

Eclectic Embellishing lecture at Friendship Star Quilters Guild. We embellished my Marie Antoinette quit together—LIVE! A fantastic & fun guild! Thank you for inviting me back.

03/30/2024

We had an excellent time—telling stories, sharing Indigenous history and culture, and dancing!! Thank you Alecia and Kate for organizing this event and for your hospitality. Virginia Quilt Museum

03/30/2024

TODAY!!!!!

Don't miss this special presentation happening on Saturday from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm entitled 'Indigenous Quilts Presentation with Joe Gaines, Choctaw'.

Presented by T Carter of History Outside the Box, this presentation includes a colorful variety of quilts inspired by Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. T will be joined by Joe Gaines from the Choctaw Nation for traditional singing, drumming, and a fun dance lesson! Joe Gaines (Choctaw Nation) is a traditional Indigenous drummer, singer, educator, and activist for social justice and human rights.

🌟 REGISTER TO JOIN US:
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/AdX92WqeVJhPZ5FE6S6eeg

03/29/2024

--- CALL FOR ENTRIES --- We want YOU to be a part of the depictions of the history of this great commonwealth through "Stitching Together History: 250 Quilts Commemorating the Commonwealth of Virginia" with submission open now through Sept. 30.

🌟 All quilts must be 20 inches square and represent a person, place, idea, event, or thing from Virginia history and fit into one of the four themes: Unfinished Revolutions, We the People, Power of Place, or Virginia Experiments.

🌟 Artists of all ages from across the United States are welcome to submit up to 3 pieces.

🌟 There is a $40, non-refundable, entry fee. The online entry for submissions is open NOW and the submission deadline is September 30, 2024.

Entrants will receive notice of acceptance of their pieces by November 9, 2024 and pieces are due at the Virginia Quilt Museum by December 2, 2024.

Pieces will be juried into the exhibition by the advisory committee for Stitching Together History. The exhibition will be on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum from July 4 - December 22, 2026.

👉👉 Get all of the details, including more information on how to register here:
https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/stitching-together-history-grp/call-for-entries
(or visit vaquiltmuseum.org and choose the 'Stitching Together History' tab at the top for more).

03/29/2024

TOMORROW!!!!!

We hope you'll register today to join us on March 30 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm for 'Indigenous Quilts Presentation with Joe Gaines, Choctaw', presented by T Carter of "History Outside the Box".

Discover a colorful variety of quilts inspired by Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. Through star quilts, wildlife applique, and beadwork, T shares stories passed down through oral tradition and exposes hidden histories. T will be joined by Joe Gaines from the Choctaw Nation for traditional singing, drumming, and a fun dance lesson!

🌟 REGISTER TO JOIN US:
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/AdX92WqeVJhPZ5FE6S6eeg
(Or visit vaquiltmuseum.org and choose the 'Events' tab.)

03/28/2024

Only 29 seats remaining! Please register today!

Be sure to register today to join us for a very special presentation on Saturday, March 30 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm entitled 'Indigenous Quilts Presentation with Joe Gaines, Choctaw'.

Presented by T Carter of "History Outside the Box", this presentation includes a colorful variety of quilts inspired by Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. Through star quilts, wildlife applique, and beadwork, T shares stories passed down through oral tradition and exposes hidden histories. T will be joined by Joe Gaines from the Choctaw Nation for traditional singing, drumming, and a fun dance lesson!

Joe Gaines (Choctaw Nation) is a traditional Indigenous drummer, singer, educator, and activist for social justice and human rights. Joe holds a bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Native American and Indigenous Studies, and a minor in Business from Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Oklahoma.

---> REGISTER TO JOIN US:
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/AdX92WqeVJhPZ5FE6S6eeg
(Or register at vaquiltmuseum.org. Choose the 'Events' tab for more.)

03/28/2024

SATURDAY!!! Indigenous Quilts Presentation with Joe Gaines, Choctaw
****Joe & I present at the VQM this SATURDAY**** History, quilts, singing, drumming, dancing and an Orange Dance contest! Please register using the link below.

Presented by T Carter of History Outside the Box this presentation includes a colorful variety of quilts inspired by Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. Through star quilts, wildlife applique, and beadwork, T shares stories passed down through oral tradition and exposes hi...

03/21/2024

*Saturday, March 30, 2-3:30 p.m.*
Experience the wonderful Virginia Quilt Museum and see our Indigenous program. History quilt trunk show, traditional singing/drumming, dance lesson and prizes! We look forward to seeing you there!!

Presented by T Carter of History Outside the Box this presentation includes a colorful variety of quilts inspired by Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. Through star quilts, wildlife applique, and beadwork, T shares stories passed down through oral tradition and exposes hi...

03/20/2024

I had a fabulous spring day🌸—Dreispitz lecture in the morning and beading workshop in the afternoon. (No photos of the class, as the students kept me so engaged and present that I completely forgot to take pictures.)Thank you Annandale Quilters Unlimited for inviting me back! I ❤️your guild!!

02/17/2024

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Now booking LECTURES for 2025!!!! Schedule a program for your organization today! Choose from the selection of lectures featured on our website or let us know what we may create specifically for your group. History Outside the Box is still located in Alexandria, Virginia!! We will drive to your venue in the DMV and surrounding area, or fly anywhere in the United States or Canada. Do not hesitate to contact me with questions: 703-624-6201
historyoutsidethebox.net
[email protected]

Exciting quilt lectures/trunk shows! Quilts revealing history from many perspectives, including those of women, ordinary people, people of color and others whose voices have yet to be heard, and whose stories remain untold.

01/11/2024

We took a journey back in time with my Dreispitz program at Southern Comforters Quilt Guild of Bowie. What a delightful guild! Thank you for inviting me back!! 😊

01/06/2024

We had a FANTASTIC time with Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild. We shared quilts, stories, laughter, a few tears…and, oh, did we dance!! Thank you CPQG for your hospitality and huge attendance.

01/06/2024

Bedazzling Beadwork class today at Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild! What an amazing group of students—fun, witty and loads of creativity!

11/26/2023

An exciting history quilting opportunity…
Stitching Together History:
250 Quilts Commemorating the Commonwealth of Virginia
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
The online entry for submissions will open January 15, 2024. Submission deadline is September 30, 2024.
I’m making and entering a quilt. Please join me! Be a part of Virginia history.

This project aims to create an exhibition featuring 250 quilts that tell the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. These quilts will be 20" square and will be juried into the exhibition from a call for entries. The quilts must depict a person, place, event, area, idea, or thing from Virginia hist...

10/17/2023

Joe and I presented our Indigenous program at Flying Geese Quilting Guild this evening. Thank you Flying Geese—for your engaging participation, thought provoking questions, and open minds and hearts. One of the best discussions ever! We commend your courage to have hard conversations about messy and difficult history.

07/17/2023

My second year teaching beading at Gettysburg College for Mid Appalachian Quilters. Thank you for a wonderful weekend MAQ! My students amazed me with their creativity and use of color!!

06/15/2023

I drove across the remarkable Chesapeake Bay Bridge (4.3 miles long!!!) to present to the Bayside Quilters of the Eastern Shore. An amazing group of quilters! Thank you for a lovely day. 😊

04/30/2023

I taught my Bedazzling Beadwork workshop today to the American Sewing Guild - Northern Virginia Chapter. This class was absolutely amazing—the students were skilled sewers, focused, fun and present. As a matter of fact, we were all so present that I forgot to take photos until the very end of the day when almost everyone had departed.

03/15/2023

I gave my Eclectic Embellishing lecture this morning…on Sleepy Hollow Road. 😳😀 Thank you, Annandale Quilters Unlimited for your hospitality and fun-filled fellowship. I so enjoyed your show & tell! I look very forward to returning to your guild to teach my beading workshop on March 20, 2024!!

03/11/2023

Oh, what fun!!!!! I served as the guest speaker at the Northern Virginia Chapter of American Sewing Guild’s Spring Fling. This annual event included a fabulous Fashion Show, Check out these amazing garments, including an upCycled shower curtain dress, a pretty handmade bra and…a bedazzled bra hat. Yes, you read that correctly…a BRA HAT!! 🤣

03/07/2023

Registration is now open!!

Notes from MAQ January 2023

02/28/2023

Take a quilting or beading class with me!! Registration opens March 4, 2023, 10 AM Eastern. A fabulous and fun weekend!! Please join us. 😍

Notes from MAQ January 2023

02/11/2023

We enjoyed ourselves so very, very much at the Frontier Culture Museum this afternoon. We presented in a beautiful vintage dairy barn. (That was a first. lol) Such an engaging and receptive audience! Thank you for sharing your day with us.

02/02/2023

Please join us!!

Join the Frontier Culture Museum and History Outside the Box Quilting by T Carter for our first Culture, Crafts, and Customs. Our first program will be Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 1:30 PM.

Entrance to this program is included in regular museum admission.

T Carter is a Historian, Fiber Artist & Storyteller, and for the first session of the Frontier Culture Museum’s “Cultures, Crafts, and Customs” series, T will exhibit a trunk show of her Indigenous quilt collection at the Museum. This collection includes a colorful variety of quilts inspired by

Native American and Indigenous history, culture, and lifeways. Through star quilts, wildlife appliqué and beadwork, T shares stories passed down by the oral tradition, and exposes hidden history. The trunk show is followed by a traditional singing, drumming, and dance presentation provided by Joe Gaines from the Choctaw Nation.