“We think of inheriting as land or something, not things that people teach you.” -Louisiana Pettway Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilt Artist The story of the Gee’s Bend Quilters is a testament to the unexpected. The community of Gee’s Bend became a geographic location in the most unexpected manner. An isolated hamlet folded in a […]
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Jodie handed me the hard cover book with the original faded paper jacket still on it. “You need to read this.” Then the eighty-year old, a former school teacher from Utah, proceeded to tag clothes at the thrift shop where we both volunteered on Mondays. I took the book home and placed it on the […]
“When life gives you scraps, Make quilts” -anonymous My mother’s diary is filled with entries describing the latest finished quilt square that she hand-stitched in cabin camps, tents and a tiny wooden trailer while moving from job to job with my father during the 1930’s Dust Bowl. As a young child, I lived with my […]