The Quilts of Gee's Bend

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Ellen brought this quilt in to me the other day, and she had the perfect vision of how she wanted it quilted! Her perfect piecing made my job pure pleasure. We used the stand-alone feature of Creative Studio software to plan out her vision, and then executed her ideas to reflect her wonderful choices!

I did a little research on the women of Gees Bend and found their web site, The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Quilters Collective History.

According to the web site, "The women of the Gee's Bend Quilters Collective all live in the area of Rehoboth and Boykin, Alabama. Throughout much of the twentieth century, making quilts was considered a domestic responsibility for women in Gee's Bend. As young girls, many of the women trained or apprenticed in their craft with their mothers, female relatives, or friends; other quilters, however, have been virtually self-taught. Women with large families often made dozens upon dozens of quilts over the course of their lives."

I look forward to seeing more of these quilts! Be sure to look at the various pictures so you can appreciate Ellen's quilt!