Gee's Bend Inspired Collage

Cutting squares out of misprints and print scraps from her own vibrant work, printmaker and book artist Sarah Matthews pays tribute to the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Hailed as “some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced,” the quilting tradition of Gee's Bend was created by a group of Black women and their ancestors. Sarah makes the half log cabin Inspired by Lucy Pettway's 1950's "Housetop" quilt pattern, but as a paper artist, she of course makes her quilt blocks out of paper. Learn how to:

• Use a Gee's Bend quilt design as inspiration
• Cut "quilt blocks" out of paper