When Adidas tapped the Quilters of Gee’s Bend for its 2025 Honoring Black Excellence campaign, the women behind the iconic ...

Gee's Bend tells the story of a family of quilters ... and the Southern Freedom Movement. The quilts these women make mark their successes and setbacks, and are eventually recognized as art.

where athletes wore custom-made jerseys inspired by the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. As part of the HBE initiative, Adidas featured a short film on its Instagram page that tells the story of the ...

Also, adidas HBE also donated a community grant to Sew Gee’s Bend Heritage Builders, the Quilters' non-profit organization, and the Quilters created five handcrafted 7ft x 7ft quilts for Alabama ...

This photo provided by Tangular Irby shows a Gee’s Bend x Target display at a Target store in Trumbull, Conn., Feb. 10, 2024. The multinational retailer launched a limited-edition collection ...

Descending from several generations of quiltmakers, Lucy Mingo learned to quilt at an early age and today at age 83 is considered one of the finest second generation Gee's Bend quilters.

“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...

The stunning quilts produced by the women of Gee's Bend, Alabama – the inspiration behind Jaimeo Brown's Transcendence project. Gallery 10/13 ...