Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
I was first introduced to the extraordinary tradition of the Gees Bend Quilts by Scott Perkins - director of Preservations and Collections at Fallingwater. Their inclusion in this year’s wonderful Turner Contemporary show at Margate - We Will Walk ; Art and Resistance in the American South - is th
This past year or so has been a little bit of a journey of sorts- through exploring Gee's Bend Quilts. During 2018 in the Salt Lake Modern quilt group, I designed a Gee's Bend Inspired
A crafting legacy that began 19th century Alabama, the quilts from Gee's Bend document a history of struggle, survival and miraculous making.
Get to know the generations of African-American women who create the world-famous Gee’s Bend Quilts.
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
On Friday, I had the incredible opportunity to attend a meet and greet of sorts for two Gee's Bend quilters, Mary Lee Bendolph and Loretta Pettway Bennett. The event (at the offices of a local law firm who represents the artists) was held primarily to introduce large art galleries and universities t
A quick pop in to say, Congrats to Marlene Abate for winning Nancy Zieman: the Rest of the Story copy from last weeks giveaway. Enjoy! I snuck off to Swarthmore College yesterday to see the Mary Lee Bendolph quilts at the List Gallery and also at the Library, where more of her quilts were hung and the exhibit of "resp
Quilts from three generations of African American makers in a remote Alabama community demonstrate great skill in deployment of form and colour and a strong collective aesthetic
Here's another image from my clippings collection. Love this Gees Bend Quilt.
As I try to write this post I have trouble articulating how much the Quilts of Gee’s Bend have inspired me.
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
This past year or so has been a little bit of a journey of sorts- through exploring Gee's Bend Quilts. During 2018 in the Salt Lake Modern quilt group, I designed a Gee's Bend Inspired
The quilts of Gee's Bend - a powerful example of impoverished, black women creating works of art from scraps of fabric. Their story and work are inspiring.
The DC institution has expanded its holdings of work by Black artists from the American South with a recent acquisition from Souls Grown Deep.
The quilts of Gee's Bend - a powerful example of impoverished, black women creating works of art from scraps of fabric. Their story and work are inspiring.
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
Quilts made (between 1935 and 1971) by Helen McCloud, Sue Willie Seltzer, Irene Williams, Mary Lee Bendolph, Nettie Young...
It would be very hard not to mention these stunning quilts when compiling an exhibition of denim. While the quilters of Gee’s Bend in Southe...
It would be very hard not to mention these stunning quilts when compiling an exhibition of denim. While the quilters of Gee’s Bend in Southe...
The quilts of Gee's Bend - a powerful example of impoverished, black women creating works of art from scraps of fabric. Their story and work are inspiring.
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
In celebration of the Black Lives Matter movement that has rightly garnered much attention as of late and means a great deal to my family, I thought it would be nice to share the work of some of my favorite black artists – the quilt makers of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. The colorful quilts are created […]
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
A series of initiatives spearheaded by the Souls Grown Deep foundation aims to transform Gee's Bend into a tourist hub.
Turner Contemporary has revealed details of a new exhibition opening in 2020, titled “We Will Walk: Art and Resistance in the American South."
To celebrate Black History Month last year at school, I wanted each grade level to create a collective class quilt, made up of individual squares created by the students. They were displayed during…
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
Inside you'll find an easy Gee’s Bend Quilt art lesson for how to make a paper quilt project with your kids. Grab it for your classroom now (it’s free!)
A quick pop in to say, Congrats to Marlene Abate for winning Nancy Zieman: the Rest of the Story copy from last weeks giveaway. Enjoy! I snuck off to Swarthmore College yesterday to see the Mary Lee Bendolph quilts at the List Gallery and also at the Library, where more of her quilts were hung and the exhibit of "resp
Let's have a quilt show today featuring Gee's Bend quilts and Gee's Bend-style quilts. The first one is from the Auburn website. I like the colors and the illusion of depth in this quilt. This colorful string quilt is "Bible Story" by Polly Raymond of Gee's Bend. It's now owned by quilter and collector Bill Volckening. See it on his blog: Willy Wonky Quilts. The log cabin quilt shown above was featured in an article about Gee's Bend quilts that appeared in Deep South Magazine. This yellow and red quilt (above) was featured in the blog: A Home in the Making. Classic retro. The "Housetop" quilt shown above was made by Rita Mae Pettway of Gee's Bend in 1975. It was featured on the Plug Projects website. This quilt by Nancy Pettway is called "Bricklayer Variation," also on the Plug Projects site. It was made in 2003. Another "Housetop" quilt (above) by Stella Mae Pettway. It was featured on the TrueUp site. This quilt is not from Gee's Bend, but from fabulous Seattle quilter Nifty Quilts! LeAnn is one of my favorite quiltmakers! Keep an eye on her blog for wonderful inspiration. And finally, this quilt is by me! When I first saw the Gee's Bend quilts, I made about 28 quilts inspired by them. They are so much fun to make! Have you tried making a Gee's Bend-style quilt? Maybe in 2014?