a new edition...

after reading the book, "the quilts of gee's bend", i have been inspired to create a line of game boards based on the colors that are and were used in the gee's bend quilts.  the story of gee bend, the quilts and their fabrics and amazing colors are so unique that they remind me of a playful day, children running in the grass barefoot playing games. 

if you are not familiar with gee's bend, it is a small, remote, black community in alabama and they have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present.  the quilts of gee's bend tells the story of this town and its art...

resembling an inland island, gee's bend is surrounded on three sides by the alabama river.  the residents ancestors worked the cotton plantaions there, first as slaves, then for several generations as tenant farmers...  gee's bend quilts carry forward an old and proud tradition of textiles made for home and family.  they represent only a part of the rich body of african american quilts.  but they are in a league by themselves.

these quilts stand out for their flair - quilts composed boldly and improvisation ally, in geometries that transform recycled work clothes and dresses, feed sacks and fabric remnants.

i am very excited about pulling my ideas from this group of wonderful quilts and quilters.  the first piece that i will introduce is based on arcola pettway...called lazy gal...it was created in 1976...and holds vivid colors of mustard reds, greens, blue and soft yellows...

these pieces will be a limited edition of 25....and i am beginning with only a series of 3 for now...

my colors are inspired by the book, titled "the quilts of gee's bend".

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[suze]

i just love this work. it is wonderful