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MMA is home to one of the South's largest collections of quilts, from which more than 50 examples were drawn for this ...
where athletes wore custom-made jerseys inspired by the Quilts of Gee's Bend. As part of the HBE initiative, Adidas featured ...
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.
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 ...
“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 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 ...