The Quilts of Gee's Bend | Souls Grown Deep

Here's another image from my clippings collection. Love this Gees Bend Quilt.

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

Get to know the generations of African-American women who create the world-famous Gee’s Bend Quilts.

This IG post by Edith aka piecing passion recently caught my eye. I love the red cornerstones, the scrappy sashing, and the wide possibilities for fabric choices. When I asked, Edith shared that this IG post was her inspiration so I spent the next hour or so with pencil and graph paper to see if I could come up with dimensions that worked for me. But as I pondered whether or not to add this to my ever-increasing project list, I kept thinking about one of Audrey's posts at Quilty Folk and…

Housetops by Deb Rowden 2010 Deb's wall quilt is one of my favorite quilts. Vintage quilt top---1950s Her inspiration was a f...

From my No Sneaky-Peeky class I partnered with Windham Fabrics a few years ago to "pattern" 8 of the Gee's Bend quilts (wi...

Deborah Pettway Young - [1] Nine-block "Log Cabin" variation - Master Image image 1