Friday, November 11, 2011

Common Threads: Day 1

The Gee's Bend quilters were finished with their quilt top on the first day. That's a quilt top in five hours!

Here, the Gee's Bend quilters are making their "sandwich": quilt top, batting and backing material.

The women sang while they worked.

Once the "sandwich" is made, the women can start quilting.


The quilt is on the frame and the women are working their way from one end to the next.

Ms. Lucy Mingo working on her portion of the quilt.

You can see here how the quilting adds depth to the quilt.



The men of Groupe Bologan Kasabane: Kandiaura and Kletigui.

Kandiaura and Kletigui from Bamako in Mali

Kandiaura and Kletigui from Bamako in Mali. Here you can see the cloth and the clay that they use as pigment in their paintings.

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