![]() Through this collection of poems, readers are made aware of the art of quilting, which serves many functions, from keeping a family warm to showing runaway slaves a path to freedom to keeping stories alive in fabric pictures. She also writes of own her family and the meaning and significance of the fabric that is quilted together, as well as the social importance of the process of quilting. She writes of Gee’s Bend, a rural community in Alabama with a past rooted in slavery and plantation work, which is now celebrated for their beautiful quilts, and of the Gee’s Bend women, a strong community intent on continuing the tradition. Cabreraīrief Annotation: All of the free verse poems in Stitchin’ and Pullin’ describe the art of quilting through the eyes of a young girl who was recently invited by her family to make her first quilt. ![]() Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Cozbi A. Book Title: Stitchin’ and Pullin: A Gee’s Bend Quilt ![]()
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