I grew up surrounded by quilts. My grandmother has been quilting since the 1950s, and while my experience is far less than hers, it's a hobby I dove head-first into during the throes of the Covid ...
I work a full-time job and spend my after-work time parenting my 2-year-old daughter. I get one hour of free time between her bedtime and my own, and every night, I spend it quilting. I've been ...
In honor of Black History Month, Etsy debuted nine online stores featuring work by Gee’s Bend quilters (including Doris Pettway Mosely, who is pictured here). Courtesy of Nest The women of Gee’s Bend, ...
Quilts made by the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are, according to The New York Times, “Some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced.” They’ve been immortalized on U.S. postage ...
Over the past few decades, the quilts of Gee’s Bend have become the type of work that one is most likely to come across in a museum. Colorful and abstract, the pieces are made by African-American ...