MMA is home to one of the South's largest collections of quilts, from which more than 50 examples were drawn for this ...

When adidas tapped the Quilters of Gee’s Bend for its 2025 Honoring Black Excellence campaign, the women behind the iconic quilts were stunned — not because their work lacked value ...

The Quilters of Gee's Bend took to Instagram to express their gratitude for this multi-layered collaboration. "Thanks, Adidas ...

On view in The Quilts of Gee's Bend de Young, San Francisco 15 Julyâ 26 November 2006 Collection of the Tinwood Alliance MARY LEE BENDOLPH: "Most of my ideas come from looking at things.

“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 ...

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.

Members of the group also attend the yearly “airing of the quilts” in Gee’s Bend, Ala., where the Gee’s Bend quiltmakers are celebrated as some of the most significant contributors to ...

The three Alabama experiences the magazine mentioned were the blooming of the Cahaba lilies during the spring; the Airing of the Quilts Festival in Gee’s Bend in October, and a visit to the ...

BRATTLEBORO >> It was a whirlwind tour when nine people from the community in Gee's Bend, Alabama, visited Brattleboro for one weekend to attend the opening at an exhibit of their renowned quilts and ...