The Quiltmakers of Gees Bend
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2021
- The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend explores the extraordinary lives, inspirations, and history of these artists, and also follows them on a poignant and sometimes very comical bus journey to see their quilts exhibited at The Milwaukee Art Museum.
I had the joy of meeting two of the Gees Bend quilters when our quilt shop invited them to Durango CO to show their quilts and give us classes in their designs. What a BLESSING these women were! The best class I ever had in my life. ❤️🥰
This was so emotional for me, tears, cause it reminded me of my own mother's quilts, she being born in 1914, and the quilts she made, still have some of them. Later in her life she insisted that her 10 daughters would learn to quilt and 6 of us still quilt today. I miss her wisdom, always kept busy and quilting her thing until she had a stroke and was no longer able to quilt anymore. She passes away in 2000, but the 6 of us always remember her with such love when we get together and quilt, brings a real peace of mind. The ladies in this story are amazing.
AWESOME! What a legacy for you. AMAZING! 🙏💚
Wanda, that IS an amazing story! And, just imagine, the stories behind the Quilts that you all have made. I hope you have kept a pictoral journal, with notes about each of the Quilts and your quilting sisters. An historical account of the Quilts & the Ladies that made them (with pictures of course!). It would be a valuable historical account of the Quilts you all have made! Lindsay, an artist & quilter, Sacramento, California.
That's beautiful thank you for sharing it with us, Wanda.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 , my mom didn’t sew, but She had Seamstresses. She appreciated beautiful quilts. 1:42 @#HarrietPowers? @#JANEfonda? 2:23
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I am soooo choked up ~ These ladies have brought me some great joy this morning. I, too, am a quilter, with many gadgets and handy tools ... but seeing what these ladies create with so few resources and how grateful they are is really emotional.
Sharon, being an artist, Cultural Anthropologist, and major quilter, I cried a few times watching this video! The artistic side of the Quilts are beyond inspirational! The lives of these humble, yet incredible women, remind me that we all have similar roads to travel, and we ALL share the same creator. I absolutely Love Gees Bend Quilts, and the amazing women that have given all of us the privilege/knowledge of their History. I know it has made me a better quilter/artist. These lovely Ladies are a true Blessing! Lindsay, Sacramento, CA.
@@michaelmoradiansr.8871 100% agree, Sir. And it also warms heart to read about another male quilter in this world!!!
I agree with every word you said! It almost embarrassing how much some of us quilters take for granted, in way of tools, the availability of fabric resources...and then we watch all intense REMARKABLE and TALENTED, LOVELY women and how they have struggled in life, and the beauty of the pieces of ART they have each created!!
These beautiful women are such a sweet inspiration to quilters everywhere. The incredible artwork and history they told in their quilts. I feel in awe and enjoyed this documentary!
It's past time for these women to be compensated for their music (people sell Gees Bend CDs too!) and their breathtaking textile artwork. Truly, this needs to be done while they are alive to enjoy it.
These hard working ladies quilted with their heart & soul until the lights in their eyes went dim. I not only admired their quilts, stories but their singing is beautiful!
I loved both the history, freedom, & getting the recognition they deserve. My grandmother also quilted like this using old clothes that family members had outgrown or pretty much worn out she would take as much good from them and make quilts. It's her love that's the reason I'm now a quilter.
Today, so many take so much for granted. These women overcame adversities I can’t even imagine . What a blessing that this has happened for them. Thank you Father God for the contribution these women have made to history and quilting 🙌🏾👏🏾❤️🥰.
Some of my fondest memories come from the 3 quilting classes I took from Gees Bend Quilters at Fiber College in Maine. Wonderful and talented ladies. Every time I look at one of my quilts I remember them telling me to put more yellow in my quilt.
I was fortunate to meet some of the Quilters of Gees Bend when they came to Houston, Texas a few years back. They were invited by Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr. to visit the Taylor-Stevenson Ranch
I was working part-time with Mollie in arts and crafts and was able to meet several of the women as they toured the ranch and lunched with us at a local soul food restaurant. The women were very impressive with a wealth of experiences to share. May God continue to bless you as you tell history through your art of quilting!❤
Loretta Pettway's story ripped my heart - I admire these women so much and am thankful for their many gifts - this is history that needs to be told. How these women rose above the conditions they had to live, I don't know but I'm so thankful that Bill Arnett "discovered" these ladies and their art and their important stories and their place in history. These women have dignity and faith and integrity - they are the real deal.
I couldn’t have said it better.
I hope she got rid of that worthless husband of hers.
Yeah, I watched this (wonderful) video twice, coming back the second time specifically to watch and listen to Loretta. You're right; she rips your heart right out. Such quiet dignity. I hope she has peace in her life now.
Loretta’s story got to me too. It just broke my heart that she was so hurt that she couldn’t let herself go out into the world and experience new spaces. She’d lost the ability to trust that everything would be okay.
It was so wonderful to see these ladies get the recognition they deserve. ❤❤❤❤❤
My father turned 84 two days before he past away. Two years before I found out that his Mother taught him how to quilt to help keep them warm in the winters in Mt. Vernon, Tx. These stories and artwork of these Mothers, Wives, Grandmothers, Aunties, and Sisters all tell a story of the good and the bad struggles they endured. How beautiful 👑🕊🥰
My DEAR LORD!! These women of Gees 's Bend and the Petway Family!! I am a quiliter only bc my precious Grandmother Alpha Omega Wilson who passed at 102 yrs and my Aunt Rose who passed at 95 showed me quiliting and I've been in love with this history, this story, this necessity from African American women who had to survive in a an American world that tried every aspect to destroy us BUT HERE THEY ARE!! PRAISE GOD!! Rev. Dr. ML King stop by and and saw their value. I will continue to quilt for myself for my ansectors, my family, my people, my gratitute to my GOD!
This takes me back to my childhood in Myrtlewood, rural Alabama. I spent so many precious years with an old black woman who taught me to quilt. I would feed her chickens and pigs in return. RIP Timmie Tidmore, I'll always love you! The video is amazing. Thanks for sharing this special message.
These amazing women are a National Treasure!
They took extreme hardship and thur love of Family and God they united even though many Families were torn apart. Heartbreaking and yet heartwarming that their indomitable spirit survived 🙏
Wonderful recognition of great quilt artists and their joy of life, and their faith expressed in their quilts. It’s the quilts of life. Thank you.
These quilts are a living history of their lives & especially of their ancestors lives! Just like the songs, oral histories, photos & film reels, they capture the heart & soul of honest, hard working, resourceful people - who are humble & beautiful human beings! We can view these works of art and learn so much! Thank you for this lovely video!!
AMEN!!!
I have been honored to meet some of these women in Ashland OR. I saw their quilts. So emotional. So emotional. They are so strong. So beautiful. Thank you Ladies
Loretta is my hero
So happy this showed up today. First day of Black history month. It’s February first 2022. I too am a quilter, not near the artist these ladies are, but I do sew whole heartily. Such an honour to be able to learn about their history. I will look at quilting with a different view now. Thank you 🙏🏻
It was long overdue that these women
Are recognized for the power and vision heart and strength.Outstanding
Beautiful quilts and Beautiful Sweet Women I am so happy for all of you
I've seen this at Gees Bend when I was on the Civil Rights Pilgrimage from Seattle but today it struck me in a completely different way and brought me to tears! I so admire these women who kept going through horrific injustice and are finally being recognized as the artists they are. I hope they are being compensated fairly for their work. As a quilter, I love their freedom with quilting. I've got to try that approach!!
Lovely, talented ladies. You can feel their warm and caring souls ♥️
Thank you for this beautiful film. I remember when these early quilts were first "discovered" by the northern art world. I pored over photos of them, was myself taking college art courses at the time and knew I could never equal these masterpieces. I am very happy to rediscover the story of these quilters on RUclips! These ladies are as breathtaking as ever.
God blessed each of these wonderful ladies with a gift to give to the world. Thank you for this video. Linda, PA, USA
The amazing journey of the Gee’s Bend Quilt Guild in Alabama. These women are truly inspiring to me. I hope you got as much from this documentary as I did. It’s full of history some of which is hard for me to swallow. What a hard road these woman have had to follow but now they are making their own roads. Praise you Jesus!!
Many of us have had hard roads, we just don't make quilts. We are still viable and deserve respect.
My grandma was a quiltmaker also from Gees Bend Leah Pettway I miss her so much she passed away 99yrs old.🌹🌹😘
We are probably related I am a Cole/Pettway most of my family lived across the river in Camden Alabama
One of my favorite parts of this story is the faith in God that these ladies have used and grown from. I love how that faith & joy & praise has given them the spirit of creativity and beautiful works from their hands. I love that God is in all their underpinnings and all their doings. It's truly beautiful! 💞😊😘💕😊💞
I just loved their hair rollers and the lady who was going to wear the scarf and take her rollers out when they arrived at the other end. ❤
Fantastic video about an amazing group of Ladies/Women. I was so very lucky to see Gees Bend Quilts at the Philadelphia Art Museum while I was there visiting my twin sister. I fell madly in love with the Gees Bend Quilts! Being an artist and quilter, I spent hours viewing, and getting closeup studying of these amazing works of Art. A few months prior, I had spent many hours reading & researching the Ladies of Gees Bend and their Quilts. Imagine my surprise & excitement when my twin told me about the Quilt Exhibit we would see while I was in Philly! It was an absolute thrill and honor to get up close and personal with these Quilts. Wow, wow, I'll NEVER forget that experience. I stormed the museum's gift shop and bought all items Gees Bend related! I also love to read about the individual quilt makers & their life stories. Besides having an advanced degree in Fine Art, I also studied Cultural Anthropology, so this opportunity is the kind of thing I thrive on. The Ladies of Gees Bend are extraordinary People. Thank You, for this awesome video. Lindsay, Sacramento, California.
This women are beautiful they touched my heart.
I bow my head before the artists ...from India
I am just amazed and so moved by the unbelievable faith of these amazing women. How they give all the glory to Jesus. How they have so much joy. It is such an inspiration and convicts me of the way I take so many blessings for granted.
What a story. Blessed to know more about these famous quilts, the history and women who make them. Every quilt has a story. These quilts have layers of stories.
Thank you to the quilter’s of Gees Bend I’ve learned so much and I’m so glad that the whole wide world know of your beautiful work in spite of all the struggles you had to endure. You are appreciated, thank you so much ….🦋🦋🦋❤️
FABOLOUS story. Whealth of history as well. This goes to show if we all understood our origin, we would all learn we are one. Maybe this is the beginning of our own healing, at a time when it's much needed. I THANK you for this. My hope is to visit there.
@ Julianna Burgess I agree with your comment 100%!! 👍🏻👏🏼
ABSOLUTELY Sister! AMEN. We were all created by a loving God. And our Savior Jesus, died and rose again for all.
So interesting. Happy this period of history is being acknowledged and recognised. Very important.
Loved this video. Such hard lives, finally getting recognition for what thru never knew was their art using old clothes etc. A wonderful video.
Thank you for this beautiful and moving documentary.
Wow!
Amazing people with an even MORE amazing story!!!!
Thankyou for sharing.
I understand what it’s like to go through this because of my ancestors being separated from each other or killed from when they were deported from Canada after being there with their families for a good 200 years and also being Exiled from France 😢💔😢
How incredibly brilliant....They tell a story.. piece of history
...the determination of these women to create despite such hard times
My bestfriend, Carolyn, cousin, Barbara Richburg was ms Football in the 60s. Thanks For Sharing the Memories.
This is a great story! I make my Gees Bend Quilt and share this story!
Beautiful, amazing, inspirational women and their stories. Their life in every stitch.
An amazing group of women. Their talents are so mind blowing. As a child I watched my grandmother's and aunts make quilts that kept us all warn as kids. Thank you Bill Arnett for showing them to the world.
These are my quilting fore mothers. My education, quilt art practice is based on the story of the struggles of these women to preserve sacred art and to tell their story in found objects. Their story is very painful but the gifts that came out of that hardship can never fade. I am so grateful to have learned their techniques and practice their art in my own work!
so glad to have stumbled on this.Thank you for this thoughtful, gracious documentary.
"He makes all things beautiful in it's time." This is yet another example of the seeds of beauty sown into the soil of adversity.Never let their quilts (stunning as they are) distract you from the glory of their God Who inspired them.To do so would be to miss the whole point of the Voice God gave them in and through this medium.
Amen!
Beautiful breathtaking and gentle story, thank you for the education about these talented artists and their inner beauty and humility, touched my heart and inspired me deeply, thank you a million times for bringing this amazing legacy to the light for the world to see. God bless the artists, the crew and everyone who contributed to this beautiful documentary.Amen.🙏🏻✨💐🕊🕊🕊🕊
I am humbled by their artistry and vision.
My greatest honor was to have The Gees Bend Quilters sing (in praise ?) in front of my quilts.
It was at the Camp Sherman Quilt Show, next hamlet over from the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, and my quilts were hanging on a line, strung up outside between large ponderosa pines. Yes, they were singing in front of my quilts 🥰. I don’t remember the year. Stitching Post would have a record of their visit.
2015 🙃🌸😊
You all have inspired me to keep quilting. I love that this video was released and I hope to see your exhibit soon!
Wow very powerful. Love their quilts, their attitudes, and the love they have for each other, the Lord, life, and quilts. I would love to meet them and tour the area. God bless each and every one of you!🥰🥰🥰
Wonderful!
Beautiful beautiful story
This was beautiful, very moving to watch! ❤️
Quilting has historical stories and I love this segment of quilting ♥️
I cried too. So thankful for this video and story, thank you so much. Love love love it
Glad you enjoyed it! They really are exceptional women with wonderful stories to tell.
Those beautiful women are Blessed to be blessing to all who came into contact with them
WOW!!! I would just love to sit at the feet of these beautiful Spirit filled ladies.
I hope to visit the area and prayerfully/hopefully meet them
Barbara McCall I hope to make a trip there too
@@jkscott5865 me too!
@@barbaramccall9654 that would be wonderful. 🙏💚
@@jkscott5865 post your trip and share the experience. 🙏💚
Shocked at this just awful for the folks who had to endure this but to come out fighting and quilt like this for their history says it all bless each and every one of the ladies x
Whoever said, " in order to go into the future we must not forget our past" must have envisioned these mighty women. Their art is brilliant but their strength of spirit is unrivalled.
Some stars 🌟 🌟 🌟 are certainly missing from our skies. To the
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What a truly sad yet uplifting story about this wonderful group of women.
JUST BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR THIS.
Truly GREAT Art. Love the artists so much.
What a wonderful story! I love these quilters and their designs❣️
I’m speechless and humbled!!
Praise God these ladies received flowers for doing the work they loved.
R.I.p auntie arlonzia very strong mind and heart ♥️ she use to come all the way to Compton California to vist us as the years go by and I get older I miss her more and want to know so much about her that I didn’t know growing up
I was privileged to view some of these magnificent quilts in a Philadelphia PA museum some years ago. They were spectacular, magnificent works of art.
I saw the same exhibit in Philly while visiting my sister. Being an artist & quilter, I was thrilled to see these amazing Quilts created by amazing women. It's an event I'll never forget. Truly awesome! Lindsay, Sacramento, California.
What incredible women! I am so humbled by their faith, resilience, and determination.
This is true history. Not 'an adaption' of history that is being pushed at us now. The strength and belief and solidarity they are willing to share with anyone who is willing to receive. I have great respect for them. Inspiration is their gift.
My heart is so full from this! Amazing ladies, praise God!
Such a blessing!! I hope all of them are doing well today!❤
What a wonderful story......brought a tear to my eyes! Happy ones
Thank you for this. I'm going to California in 2023 to the exhibit at the Huntington Museum.
I so love the Black culture. And, thank you for honoring these quilters and their quilts. It’s so meaningful.
These women are my quilting heroes.
Quilts warm the body, quilters warm people’s soul. They are cherished and hopefully well used.
Loretta Pettway deserves all the praise in the world. she is an amazing artist and it is so sad she doesn’t value her work as much as others do. she is seriously so beautiful, youth radiates from her. i hope she finds peace and trust in her community and maybe one day she’ll want to go out and view her work on display. you can see how the world has tried to suppress her light but man does she shine. 💔 i curse the man who broke her trust and tried to take her spirit.
"These people" said Miss Jane Fonda as she boarded the bus. The women still singing, praying and waiting on Jesus. The Quilters of Gees Bend truly women of God creating quilts that touch all God's people around the world.
These Beautiful Ladies!! AMEN!
What is she even doing here?
This was so inspirational and heartwarming. I loved every minute of it and will share it with my family and friends. Those women are amazing.
My these ladies remind me of my mother. She was a hand quilter as well then we didn't know it was an art. 76 years old I love my start at quilting. 💕🙏🙂 Gastonia NC thanks God bless these ladies.
Beautiful...
What an inspiration!!!
I love the way that lady says Art Work.
Touching beautiful and inspiring documentary! Loved every aspect of it! Thank you for this deep education of this gentle and talented group of artists, God bless you all🙏🏻✨💐🕊✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
What a great film! These women are awe-inspiring.
Love those ladies
Such a wonderful story
I have watched this video a few times. I ❤ this enough to keep watching
I love watching them pack their suitcases ❤
What a beautiful story! I’ve learned so much from watch this documentary. Now, I will look at my mother’s quilts as a work art and starting today I will look at my quilts as a work of art too. I would like more information about the Bee Bend Quilt-makers and where I see their Quilts. Thanks for sharing.
Great noble long suffering strong dignified black women. God has raised them up to send out a spiritual light into the world.
LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL OF YOU.
I have been looking for this doc for years!!! Thank you so much for uploading this!
I appreciate this story due to my family being Cole/ Pettway It's funny I just watched this video because my mom just called me asking do I still have the quilts that my grandmother Ezell gave to us. It's truly an honor.
So touched my heart. God bless you all.💖
SELLING AND BUYING OF PEOPLE IS A SICKENING THING. ABUSING OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS IS AWFUL. MY GOSH.....THIS IS SO POWERFUL.