My uncle wore to go vote for the first time, Imagine making a quilt where each patch reminds you of a special person, or a momentous event. Quilting reinforced the ties between generations - from mother to daughter and beyond.* Yeah, okay, that's kind of snarky, but basically true.īut, for the residents of Gee's Bend, a rural community in Alabama, quilting is a way to connect the generations, teach heritage, and strengthen the community.Įarly quilts were made from materials at hand: old jeans, work clothes, and dress tails (the back of a dress which sees the least wear and tear.) Originally, quilting was the evening activity or chore of the women, which, in addition to creating covers fro warmth, also gave them a platform for storytelling, communicating, and singing the songs their mothers sang. you get large sheets of fabric, cut them up, and sew them together to make a large sheet of fabric. You see a pattern in a magazine, you buy the fabric at a store, and, well, as my husband describes it. In my world, quilts are pretty much a decorative item.
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