Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Gee's Bend Quilts

These inspiring quilts are handmade from leftover fabric and clothes and pieced together by an intimate community of Alabama women.  A rich Southern tradition laced with history and heartbreak, this particular style of quilt-making has been passed down for generations and now has original works in the Whitney Museum's permanent collection.  







one of the original Gee's Bend quilters

Gee's Bend is an small rural community isolated by the Alabama River southwest of Selma, Alabama.