To recognise and cerebrate Black History Month at TreeHouse we decided to learn about the Gee’s Bend Quilts. There’s a fascinating history around these quilts, which I won’t go into now but really recommend delving into. One interesting fact was that some of the intricate quilts had hidden codes, maps and information for the black slaves to communicate route and methods of escape to each other. That just blows my mind… the creativity and resourcefulness. Amazing. The quilts themselves are beautiful and we had a great couple of weeks making collages based on some of the more geometric of these quilts. Every child made one and we patch-worked them together to make huge pieces.
First picture is our main inspiration.
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