Coming to Gee's Bend in October 2025 fo the Airing of the Quilts was like being a pilgrim doing to a pilgrimage site. The experience and community members who shared with me have all changed my heart! Love y'all!
I’m so excited to visit Gees Bend soon!
Having a great time at the QuiltCon 2026 Convention in Raleigh, NC. I attended a lecture entitled: “Fifteen Miles in Rural Alabama That Changed the World” and it was absolutely wonderful. The Lecturer, Kim Kelly, did an outstanding job of telling the story of Gee’s Bends and the legacy of the Gee’s Bends Quilter’s. She really made the stories that I had only read about come to life for me. I had an opportunity to meet several of the women who are descendants of some of the original Gee’s Bend quilters. I was blessed to hear their stories first-hand and they were kind enough to sign a book I brought with me: “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” by Susan Goldman Rubin, which filled my heart with joy and I will always cherish it. Thanks for sharing your stories and for keeping your precious legacy ALIVE for generations to come!!!
Thank you for preserving our heritage
Thank you for sharing Gee’s Bend history with me! QuiltCon 2026 lecture was amazing!
Such a fan of all the quilters on the Bend. Life changing experience talking and learning from everyone there. Happy to be a friend!
Happy to support the local community. It will forever be a place I love and cherish.
Thank you for all your work!
It was an honor meeting Kim Kelly at the BCRI for the Fee’s Bend Quilters Legacy Luncheon. Praying for God’s continue hand of protection & provision to you and yours! Keep holding up the blood stained banner for love and good for all!
My grandmother, Deborah Pettway Young, was a Gee's Bend Quilter! I am honored to appreciate and continue her legacy.
I am owner of Legendary Tours LLC in Montgomery, AL, and brought a tour a couple of years ago to Gee's Bend, and purchased a piece from Cathy Mooney's collection! I am so grateful to have met her and I want to become a Friend of the Bend in honor of the Mooney family, to honor her! Thank you all for making this world a better place as your beautiful and amazing quilts of art are displayed around the world, and in my home! Much Love and Gratitude, Wanda Howard Battle Legendary Tours, LLC
I’m proud to support the quilters of Gee’s Bend. Your work is beautiful and so important to our country’s story.
Thank you for preserving and promoting this wonderful art!