by Deborah Hopkinson, il. by James Ransome One of my favorite children’s picture books is Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Clara, a very young slave girl was separated from her family and sold to another plantation to work in the fields. She learned to sew and used her talent to create a quilt that helped many slaves escape to freedom. I feel a connection to Clara with my vision for Bible quilts for children’s beds. Just as Clara’s quilt pointed
