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Nov 9
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And for the past several years, they have invited me to come to the classroom and talk about quilts and why I love them. I do a bit of a show and tell, and they all get to handle the old and new quilts that I bring. They tell me about the book and I tell them about quilting.
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Jul16
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The Quilt's of Gee's Bend Are Being Exhibited at San Francisco's Fine Arts Museum Beginning Today...Ending A Three-Year Tour
The final venue of the exhibit’s 3-year tour begins today at San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museum and runs through November.
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Mar28
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"Quilt-making started in Europe in the early 1700s, and immigrants brought the skill to the United States, where it started catching on in the late 1700s.
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Mar21
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The US Postal service is issuing a group of stamps featuring ten quilts created by the African-American quilitng women of Gee’s Bend Alabama.
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Feb17
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What I was more interested in was the many quilts displayed on the walls—all contributing to the “cozy” atmosphere of the hall. ("Housetop" quilt, circa 1965) The stage curtain was perhaps the biggest “crazy quilt” I had every seen—being at least 40’ x 40’ big! Giant wood frames house the 15 or so full size quilts displayed on the walls.
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Dec20
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“The stories of women can be told using quilts as documents,”
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