Kathleen Lindsey

Kathleen Lindsey 

Historian, Quilter, Singer and Storyteller

Clayton, New Jersey

Kathleen Lindsey is an African-American historian who uniquely combines her talents of quilting and storytelling in theatrical appearances throughout the East Coast, bringing awareness and understanding to all nationalities. She served as president of a local quilting guild and began teaching quilting in craft stores, libraries, schools, churches and community centers.  Quilting took on a new perspective when she was featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine, January 1966.  Her ancestors, particularly her grandmother, had created diaries on quilts to depict special events in their lives.  Lindsey continues that legacy.  Her knowledge and interest in African-American history has spawned a successful stage presentation called A Stitch in Time, that been televised on various cable stations and a nationally known documentary program called Visions.