"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Readers will enjoy the slow cadence of verse as they pause to consider history through the eyes of the people who lived it and the legacy that is passed on to the next generation.- Lisa Glasscock, Columbine Public Library, Littleton, COĬopyright � Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Cabrera's acrylic paintings depict the richness of tradition and strength of character as connections are made between fabric and history.
She speaks about the meaning of colors and patterns and what they bring to a quilt. One day, Baby Girl is called to sit at the quilting frame. McKissack's free-verse narrative shares the rich heritage of the Gee's Bend artisans as Baby Girl selects the fabrics that have significance to her and her family and finds the "heart" of her quilt. Stitchin and Pullin For a hundred years, generations of women from Gees Bend have quilted together. Stitchin' and Pullin' is the modern-day story of Baby Girl, who grows from a child playing beneath her elders' quilting frame to becoming a member of the intergenerational circle, piecing together her first quilt. Although the women have been quilting for over a century, their work was unknown until art historian William Arnett discovered it about 20 years ago. Grade 1–5-The rural Alabama community of Gee's Bend is widely recognized for its unique quilts.
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