How sweet-grass basket weaving was a maternal tradition, passed down occasionally to sons but always to the daughters. How today, coastal development was threatening the habitat of the grasses on ...

For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter. My aunt Linda used to tell me, ‘Nobody has to make a basket.

One instructor, Mary Graham-Grant, said it's called sewing sweetgrass, not weaving ... grass." Graham-Grant said she learned about this art form decades ago. "I started making sweetgrass baskets ...