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Bring the beauty and outstanding craft of The Quilts of Gee’s Bend into your home or office. Choose from calendars, datebooks, notepads and posters or from our collection of books, CDs, DVDs and note cards. Perfect gifts for someone who loves fine American craft.

A portion of the proceeds of all products you purchase goes to the women of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective.

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1. Framed Single Quilt Print

   Your favorite Gee’s Bend quilt showcased on a beautiful print! Display multiple for an attractive wall decoration. Comes professionally framed. 22 Quilt versions available for 2008! 12" x 16" Print.
2. Large Wall Calendar for 2008

   Gee’s Bend Wall Calendar (9" x 12") with our favorite quilt images for each month. A great gift for friends and family!
3. Mini Magnets

   Miniature magnets each featuring a different Gee’s Bend quilt. Each set comes with 12 magnets; 1-1/2" x 2-1/4".
4. Gift Certificate

   Gift certificates make great gifts for any occasion. So while you are getting a little, give a little as well!
   
5. Day Planner for 2008

   Take your Gee’s Bend Day Planner with you for the year. Our Day Planner comes with a protective translucent cover to ensure a year’s worth of durability. A superb travel companion! 6-7/8" x 9"; 74 total pages.
   
6. Desk Calendar for 2008

   Gee’s Bend Desk Calendar with 12 of our favorite Gee’s Bend quilts. Month at-a-glance format keeps all your important dates close at hand. 8" x 9"; 28 total pages.
   
7. Framed Nine Quilt Print

   Nine Gee’s Bend quilts showcased on a beautiful print! Display multiple prints for an attractive wall decoration. Comes professionally framed. Available in three Collections for 2008! 12" x 16" Print.
8. Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt

   Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt explores the origins, aesthetics, family structures, and community roots of this crucial American cultural legacy; presents newly discovered masterworks from the second half of the twentieth century; and, by spotlighting more than a dozen quilts created in the last four years, celebrates the recent and dazzling revitalization of Gee’s Bend’s artmaking in the twenty-first century. The book offers evidence that a once-dying art form may now continue to thrive and inspire art lovers well into the new millennium.
9. Jewel Case Calendar for 2008

   A perfect-sized calendar for the desk or table top. Our jewel case calendar flips open and to form a perfect stand to show off our favorite Gee’s Bend images for each month.
10. Nine Quilt Print

    Your favorite Gee’s Bend quilt showcased on a beautiful print! Display multiple for an attractive wall decoration. Comes packed as a flat print. Available in three Collections for 2008! 12" x 16".
    
11. Note Cards

    10 Note Cards with coordinating envelopes come to you packaged with five of our favorite Gee’s Bend quilts. Celebrate a holiday, birthday, anniversary or any everyday occasion. Three note card sets are available for 2008.
12. Notepad

    Choose from two different layouts. A great gift, our 50 sheet pads are perfect for any occasion. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Each layout is available in three different quilt options.
    
13. Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts.

    Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts. African American quilts fully realize the expressive force of jazz and bind together generations of African American families. Quilt expert Maude Southwell Wahlman introduces readers to a third powerful force in these quilts— their African-derived meanings, patterns, and iconography—and explores the religious, ritual, philosophical, and aesthetic beliefs represented in these textiles. Over 150 full color, high quality reproductions.
14. Single Quilt Print

    Your favorite Gee’s Bend quilt showcased on a beautiful print! Display multiple for an attractive wall decoration. Comes packed as a flat print. 2 Quilt versions available for 2008! 12" x 16".
15. Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 1: African American Vernacular Art.

    Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 1: African American Vernacular Art. From Library Journal: “This massive volume provides an exhaustively detailed examination of the work of Southern African American folk/outsider artists active in the decades following World War II.… Through numerous introductory essays and artist biographies, leading scholars in this field emphasize several major themes, including the African cultural qualities to be found in the artwork and how artists expressed ideas and emotions current in the struggle for civil rights. Over 800 mostly color illustrations… (T)his will long be the definitive work on this subject, it is highly recommended.” (Eugene C. Burt, Data Arts, Seattle, Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.)
16. Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 2: African American Vernacular Art

    Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 2: African American Vernacular Art completes the two-volume set, Souls Grown Deep, and takes the visual and historical presentation of the first volume to a richer level, offering an even broader array of artistic styles and media. This sequel delves into the work of the current generation of artists who are creating a complex form of art that blurs the boundaries between folk and contemporary art.
17. Thornton Dial in the 21st Century.

    Thornton Dial is a self-taught, original and acclaimed African American artist. This book features almost 150 images focusing on an in-depth look at his post-9/11 work, homages to his friends, the quiltmakers in Gee’s Bend and pieces from his Southern childhood memories. Also featuring biography and essays by leading art historians.