https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:22:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1651848 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:17:36 +0000 Traci 1651848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a replica Gees Bend quilt that I got from Anthropologie, of all places, over a decade ago. &nbsp;It has been on walls and beds and in yards and over couches. &nbsp;My grandmother was a quilter and seamstress in Alabama, born in the 1910s and passed in the early 80's. &nbsp;When I was a kid I just did not understand her sense of color and design AT ALL. &nbsp;The quilts from Gees Bend helped me understand and appreciate her a little better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650577 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:34:41 +0000 Anonymous 1650577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting Jane, I&nbsp;Googled Janet Bolton. I'd never heard of her. The images of her work are so charming. And the Gees Bend quilts are so vibrant, wow.</p> <p>When I was young I dabbled in patchwork for a time and really enjoyed it.</p> <p>PS..hope your ankle is ok now.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650499 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:44:59 +0000 Jane 1650499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Rabbit, that's looks like a great video, thank you for the link. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650470 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:52:15 +0000 Nebraskim 1650470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There was an exhibit of Gees Bend quilts at a museum in my town -- The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. If you are at all interested in quilts, this museum is a must see.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650427 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:56:54 +0000 rabbit 1650427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I saw something on PBS craft in america about them -- not sure if it was this:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://vimeo.com/50174695">https://vimeo.com/50174695</a></p> <p>Some of their quilts were at a local contemporary gallery -- the more abstract ones, and they really are quite amazing in how they are put together and the choices about color and shape that are made. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650396 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:18:48 +0000 JAileen 1650396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to an exhibit of Gees Bend quilts a year or two ago at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. They had a great graphic quality to them. It must have been interesting to take a whole course on them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650358 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:22:21 +0000 rachylou 1650358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never heard of Gees Bend...? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/gees-bend#post-1650203 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:22:11 +0000 Jane 1650203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Fabbers</p> <p>I went on a patchwork course a couple of weeks or so ago, with Janet Bolton. It was a great course and I learnt lots. Janet's work is worth looking up if you have a spare mo. There is a charm and poignancy to her work, which is so gentle.&nbsp;</p> <p>I keep meaning to to say for those interested in sewing, or social history, or colours, or jeans, have a search for Gees Bend Quilts. Simply amazing!&nbsp;</p> <p>Jane&nbsp; </p>