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.
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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.
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