Celia Ryan

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 3
4 March 2010

Quilting: To communicate,
advocate, heal and protect
 Main
Line
Quilt
ing
Socie
ty
“ I get my own check now . My
daughter had to show me what a
twenty - dollar bill was when I was
fifty years old …”
F
A
M
I
L
Common Threads : Stories from the Quil
“Together we grow stronger.
Together we make a
difference”

(“Hpme.”
Climate
 Class activities
• Have each class member make a
piece of a quilt, tie them all
together to make a class quilt
• Have the class make pieces for the
Climate Quilt Campaign
• Have the class make a quilt square
for someone they love that has
passed away
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 Works Cited
"About the Quilt." The AIDS Memorial Quilt.
The Names Project Foundation, 2007. Web.
4 Mar. 2010. <http://www.aidsquilt.org>.
Arnett, William, Michael Sellman, and Paul

Arnett, eds. Quilts of Gee's Bend. Atlanta,

GA: Tinwood Media-Tinwood, 2002. Print.
"Home." Climate Quilt Campaign. The Green

School Initiative, n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.climatequilt.org>.
Klein, Erin. "Quilting Quotes." A Prairie Home

Quilts. N.p., 9 Apr. 2009. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.aprairiehomequilts.com/>.
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 Works Cited Pictures
AIDS Memorial Quilt on National Mall. 1996. "A Day Without Ar: Dec. 1st 2008."      By Christopher
Knight. Los Angeles TImes 1 Dec. 2008: n. pag. Web. 4 Mar.      2010.
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/12/      a-day-without-a.html>.
AIDS Quilt at the National Mall, Washington, D.C. 1987. Listicles. Web. 4 Mar.      2010.

<http://listicles.thelmagazine.com/2009/12/      12-aids-monuments-from-around-the-world/>.
Bendolph, Mary Lee. Bars and Blocks. 2003. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web.

4 Mar. 2010. http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml.

Bendolph, Mary Lee. Bricklayer. 1970-1975. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web.

4 Mar. 2010. http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml.

Pettway, Allie. Housetop. 1970-1975. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4 Mar.

2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.
Pettway, Katie Mae. Housetop Variation. 2002. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History.

Web. 4 Mar. 2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.

Pettway, Linda. Blocks and Strips. 2003. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4

Mar. 2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.

Pettway, Lola. Housetop Variation. 2002. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4

Mar. 2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.

Bendolph, Louisiana. Blocks and Strips Medallion. 2003. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective

History. Web. 4 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.
Mosely, Ruth P. Bricklayer. 1970-1975. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4 Mar.

2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.
Pettway, Nellie. Housetop. 1970-1975. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4 Mar.

2010. http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml.
Rothstein, Arthur. Girl at Gee's Bend. 1937. FSA/OWI Collection, Lib of      Congress, Washington, D.C.

Wikimedia Commons. Web. 4 Mar. 2010.

     <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girl_at_Gees_Bend,_1937.jpg>.
Witherspoon, Lucy. Housetop. 1985. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4 Mar.

2010. <http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.
Witherspoon, Mary. Bars. 1985. The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Quilters. Collective History. Web. 4 Mar. 2010.

<http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quilts/index_quilts_exhibitions.shtml>.
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