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Stitching souls

Maria Margaronis sews and hears the stories of Gee鈥檚 Bend's historic quilters.

The women of Gee鈥檚 Bend have held on to their creative traditions, passed down from mother to daughter: spine-tingling gospel singing, and a unique style of bold, improvised quilting. Made from old clothes out of necessity for generations, used for insulation and burned to keep off mosquitoes, the quilts brought Gee鈥檚 Bend fame after they were 鈥渄iscovered鈥 by an art collector in the 1990s and shown in major museums in Houston and New York. Maria Margaronis hears the voices of this small community.

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