COLOR + gee's bend

one of the cool things about having housemates, is the new colors they bring to the house. when i think of people i know, i often think of the colors they like/wear/have in their house. these clothes on the line (in our ramshackle, dirty storage area) are erica's. they're not exactly representative of the colors i think of when i think of her. she likes a lot of brown, tan, neutral colors, but also bright colors. anyhow, i usually like the combination of colors that her clothes on the line make, because they're different than mine, yet very pleasing! they make me consider new combinations of color. (i'm pretty much always noting color combos in my head {as many of you most likely do as well} as i go through my day - houses, plants, graffiti, people's clothes, whatever).


by lillie mae pettway housetop-twelve block half log cabin variation

today i saw the gee's bend quilt exhibit. TALK ABOUT COLOR COMBINATIONS. those ladies are geniuses of color. what a beautiful exhibit. it made me cry. i know i'll be going back to it, since it's here until december (GO IF YOU'RE IN SF!). some of the most wonderful quilts i've ever seen. what hard, but fulfilliing and beautiful lives the quilters describe (in a video at the exhibit). i really hope a large part of the money the books, cds, exhibits make goes to their community and the quilters! although as one woman notes in the film (and i'm seriously paraphrasing), "we didn't have anything, couldn't buy anything, but everyone seemed happy, and nowadays people have everything, buy everything, but no one seems happy." i just think those women deserve some comfort and ease after what they've endured and that they should receive $ for their fabulous artwork. above is one of my favorite quilts of the exhibit by lillie mae pettway.