Fiber Artist, Sara Malave
Category: Thing A Day at the Museum
Sara Malave is a lifelong seamstress who recently moved to Thomasville, Georgia. She ran an alteration and custom clothing business out of her home in Sarasota, Florida, since 1989. She began sewing at an early age and started wearing her own garments in high school. Having exhausted all sewing-related courses at local sewing shops, junior colleges, and through various types of collaboration projects, she found her way to The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She graduated from there in 1989 with the highest honors. Sara Malave was deeply inspired by her first visit to the Jack Hadley Black History Museum. One image in particular captured her full attention. She was so moved by this image that as soon as she heard about a quilt competition, she immediately knew what she wanted to do. She wanted more people to see this image, and the quilt competition seemed like the perfect way to achieve that.
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