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Quilts made by Mary Lee Bendolph, a member of the collective, were featured in an AT&T broadband marketing campaign that was introduced last summer and included television, direct mail and Internet ads. As part of that campaign, AT&T ... sponsored a three-city Gee's Bend Quilters tour to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, featuring appearances by several quilters.
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The paper found between the old quilts has become a primary source about pioneer life. Quilts made without any insulation or batting were referred to as summer quilts. They were not made for warmth, only to keep the chill off on cooler summer evenings. Harriet Powers, a slave-born African American woman, made two famous story quilts. She was just one of the many African American quilters who contributed to the evolution of quilting.
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The designs of these early quilts originated from the imagination of those women who created them. There were no patterns available for purchase. Today most quilters will use a use a store-bought pattern, create your own or copy one from an older quilt. They will either use new fabric or older fabric from another source such as clothing or upholstery to create that antique look.
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The Tribute Quilt -- a series of six quilts -- measures 8 feet high by 33 feet wide and contains more than 3,100 three-inch blocks. The name of each person who perished on 9/11 is inscribed on an individual block. The blocks of the four central quilts form an image of the New York City skyline to honor the people who lost their lives in the World Trade Center and the police, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel who died in the line of duty. The design was created from a photograph taken by quilter Kathy Crawford while visiting the Statue of Liberty. Flanking the skyline are two separate quilts: one, with the image of two doves, is a tribute to the passengers and crews of Flights 11, 77, 175 and 93; and the other, bearing an eagle with a flag unfurled beneath, honors the men and women of the Pentagon.
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The term 'art quilt' itself is controversial, since it implies that quilts in other categories are not art. Quilts have always been made... with their aesthetic value as a consideration, even when makers were creating objects for practical use in their homes and bedrooms. To this extent, nearly all quilts evidence artistic/creative expression and their functional raison d'être as well as their materials and techniques support their visual statements, expressions that can be as powerful viewed on a bed as from the flat expanse of a gallery wall. What perhaps distinguishes the art of the home-based maker from that of the studio-based maker are context and intent. The works of makers such as the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama demonstrate, however, that notions of what distinguishes a so-called 'art quilt' from an everyday 'bed quilt' may reside less in the minds of the makers than in the eyes of the beholders.
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Here’s a book for that neglected side of your quilts, the back side. Most quilters, having spent their creative energies on the top, try to keep the back as simple as possible. Lerlene Nevaril makes the case for giving more attention to the backsides of quilts, and provides a plethora of ideas for doing so, including backs done with fat quarters, panels, diagonals, scraps, flags, and more. Complete with instructions and lots of color photos demonstrating how the back of your quilt can be as rewarding (for both you and others) as the top.
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