Gees bend

Un-modern Made Modern Challenge Our goal: Make a modern quilt with un-modern fabrics. Sounds un-interesting? Take a quick look: T...

There is a current exhibition at the Met called "History Refused to Die." It is an exhibition of thirty paintings, sculptures, dr...

I gathered my favorite Gee's Bend quilts, which you can buy directly from the artists! Learn about American quilting history and buy some art!

The Quilting Tradition of Gee’s Bend - VMFA Connect

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...

After my post yesterday I came across these quilts made by the women of Gee's Bend. I can't get them out of my head- the color and composit...

The quilters of Gee’s Bend have achieved worldwide recognition for transforming the act of quilting into an artform, one which they have passed from generation to generation over the past 200 years. Their work is now held in museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum and the Smithsonian. But it is only in recent years, thanks...

Gee's Bend Detail. Nancy Pettway, Bricklayer Variation, 2003. Quilted fabric, 71 x 71

Born of resourcefulness and enlivened by improvisation, quilts made by African American women of Gee's Bend, Alabama, are recognized as masterful works of textile art.

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 […]