# Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

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- Book: [Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-herkert/sewing-stories-harriet-powers-journey-from-slave-to-artist) ([Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-herkert/sewing-stories-harriet-powers-journey-from-slave-to-artist.md))
- Authors: [Barbara Herkert](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-herkert), [Vanessa Brantley-Newton](https://www.bookquiver.com/vanessa-brantley-newton)
- Publisher: knopf_books_for_young_readers
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-8575-464-4
- Published: 2015-10-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life. Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a...