Sunday, June 22, 2008

Gee's Bend quilts in Australia!

The Quilt Indulgence Festival (which has moved venue this year from Mittagong to Canterbury racecourse in Sydney) will be featuring the Gee's Bend quilts, according to its website. (31 Oct - 2 Nov 2008, which is Fri-Sun).

FANTASTIC!

I have a couple of the books, and have pored over them, and been inspired by them, but it will be wonderful to SEE the quilts, since I haven't had the opportunity to get to the US to see them.

I wish an Australian gallery or museum would be savvy enough to put them on display for longer - this is just one weekend. Surely if they're coming this far, it's worth giving them more time, and people more opportunity.

Thanks for the heads-up, Brenda.

1 comment:

Feeling Simply Quilty said...

We had the Gees Bend quilts here in Kentucky at the Speed Museum. Several of the quilters came and spoke a bit about their quilts and their lives. Sad, but uplifting at times, how they have struggled.