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    Quilts of Color

    Nov 01, 2020 4 minutes
    By DaLyah Jones
    Photography by
    Montinique Monroe

    ON A MILD, SHOWERY DAY IN august, Laverne Brackens sits in her bedroom with her daughters Lily Mays and Betsy Johnson. This is also her workroom, where she pins together cloth and sews while watching The Price Is Right on a TV mounted on a wall. Outside hangs a faded vinyl banner with black letters spelling out “Quilts of Color: Four Generations.” Buyers can call her and request personal quilts made with fabric she has at her shop or fabric that they ship to her.

    Sitting in her chair, she asks her

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