I simply must spotlight and thank my amazing community of friends for inspiring this project in the first place. This all began with discussions of folk art and craft from the women in our lives that we most admire. It was from these conversations I really understood the power of fiber arts and of quilting throughout time and throughout culture. From sharing resources, late nights sharing a studio, hours of critiques of our work together, all in an effort to ensure everything we made was true to ourselves, and countless conversations shared over lunches and dinners and snacks and drinks – “The Athens Quilt Trail” exists because of Tabitha Asiedu-Gyamfi, Sogol Khorram, Sara Pirahmadian, Shima Mousavizadeh, Krishty Debangana, Xenab Malik, Len Loomis and Sarah Heink. I dedicate every good thing about this project to each of you. (Please, go check out their amazing creative projects! I’m forever honored to know them <3)