06-04-2008 Gee’s Bend Exhibit

By Colorado Public Radio Staff
December 17, 2009

Friday, June 6, 2008

Colorado Quilters Come Out for Gee's Bend at the Denver Art Museum

Colorado's quilting community is celebrating an exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, Gee's Bend: Architecture of the Quilt. Ryan Warner speaks with Brenda Ames, president of Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild.


Brenda Ames standing with her quilt.
Courtesy: Brenda Ames.



One way a quilt is documented in Colorado.
Courtesy: Brenda Ames.

 

 


Housetop variation, 2003, Louisiana P. Bendolph. Collection of the Tinwood Alliance. Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio, Rockford, Il.

 


Blocks, strips, strings, and half squares, 2005, Mary Lee Bendolph.Collection of the Tinwood Alliance. Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio, Rockford, Il.

 


Blocks and Strips, 2003, Irene Williams, American. Collection of the Tinwood Alliance. Photo: Stephen Pitkin, Pitkin Studio, Rockford, Il.

 


Mary Lee Bendolph quilting. Photo: Matt Arnett, 2006.




 

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