Beautiful Quilts, Quilters and the Quilt Nerd Show
- May 24
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 29
Rosie Lee Tompkins was born in Arkansas as Effie Mae Martin Howard (1936–2006) and learned quilt-making from her mother. She was a very religious woman. I totally admire the way she works with fabrics. Every aspect of her work is self-explanatory, free and effortless.
"Gee's Bend Quilt Mural" by jimmywayne is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Much has been written about the Gee's Bend quilts and their authors, and rightly so of course. Here are a few links that I particularly like to look at:
A New York Times profile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHEqYVzSs7U
About the up and down of the needle
Min 4:50 till 5:30
Sewing by hand
Min 7:15 till 7:54
Sewing and cutting on the lap
Min 9:56 till 10:56
Quilting on the lap
Min 11:09 till 11:14
If you want to know more about all kinds of quilts, check out the recordings of Mary Fons and the Quilt Nerd Show! There are over 200 videos available. Her enthusiasm helped me to trust my instincts and spend a lot of time researching quilts.
Stacyimorgan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Here I also found Yvonne Wells, an artist who only started sewing wonderful figurative quilts after her retirement.
QuiltNerdShow
Min 37:30-52:50
Here are more links about her and her work:
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