But a Quilt Is More": Recontextualizing the Discourse(s) of the Gee's Bend Quilts (original) (raw)

College English, 2015

Abstract

We was taught there's so many different ways to build a quilt. It's like building a house. You can start with a bedroom over there, or a den over here, and just add on until you get what you want. Ought not two quilts ever be the same. You might use exactly the same material, but you would do it different. A lot of people make quilts just for your bed for to keep you warm. But a quilt is more. It represents safekeeping, it represents beauty, and you could say it represents family history.Mensie Lee Pettway, qtd. in ArnettSometimes I don't know my color. Sometimes it don't matter what color it is, I just feel that it will fit. When I hold it up and look at it, if it don't look right in there, I take it out. Sometimes it looks good, and sometimes it don't look right or it don't look the way I want it to be, so I take it out. Sometimes I let it stay in there. If I let it stay in there, it is a challenge to me. Then I try another piece to get it to work out. ...

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