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Gee's Bend: The Most Famous Quilts In America?

The journey of the quilts of Gees Bend from the clotheslines of the South to the exhibition walls of the country's greatest museums. Shelly explores the aesthetic and social appeal of these quilts - and quilters - as well as the controversies they engendered, and analyzes their unique place in quilt history.
Season 1 Episode 5 Length 27:03 Premiere: 10/03/11 Rating: TV-G

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics

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Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
S1 E9 Length 27:02 Premiere Date 10/31/11

Quilt Nation : 20,000,000 and Counting!
S1 E8 Length 26:55 Premiere Date 10/24/11

Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
S1 E7 Length 27:02 Premiere Date 10/17/11

How Quilts Have Been Viewed and Collected
S1 E6 Length 26:52 Premiere Date 10/10/11

Gee's Bend: The Most Famous Quilts In America?
S1 E5 Length 27:03 Premiere Date 10/03/11

What Is Art?
S1 E4 Length 26:57 Premiere Date 09/26/11

The Quilt Marketplace
S1 E3 Length 27:12 Premiere Date 09/19/11

Quilts Bring History Alive
S1 E2 Length 27:11 Premiere Date 09/12/11

Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts
S1 E1 Length 26:57 Premiere Date 09/05/11

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