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This is a blatant rip off of the Gees Bend quilters, an isolated community of poor African-American women in rural Alabama whose work has recently been discovered by the glitterati! Sad, sad, sad. Have you no shame?

http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/quiltmakers/index.shtml

More on the Gees Bend quilts
http://www.amazon.com/Quilts-Gees-Bend-Masterpieces-Place/dp/0965376648/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237252807&sr=8-1

Yeah...I was thinking Gees Bend too...but not nearly as nice.

I don't see that it is a bit shameful. Many of the Gees Bend quilts are artistic masterpieces, and Dainty Time's quilts are likely influenced by them, but there is no artist or craftsman that creates in a vacuum.

When someone hand-dyes and hand pieces their quilts, I assume they have enough textile knowledge to know who the gees bend quilters are. I agree with mrs yow, it's likely they were influenced, as clearly the gees bend quilts & story is really fascinating.

As for modern quilts, there really is a lot more than you think. Look into "contemporary quilts" on google, or amazon will turn up zillions of great books (many I've glanced through).

Denise Schmidt - gorgeous modern quilts...dang expensive. Some of the quilts are made by real live Amish ladies. http://www.dsquilts.com/

I don't understand why this so "remotely fresh". It's stripes. And block those metaphors--how do you wade through mountains?

Amen, quiltmaster.

To say that these are a rip-off of the Gee's Bend quilts is a bit over-dramatic, no? Many people at many times have made quilts that were geometric, free-form, and brightly colored - it's not really an uncommon style. The Gee's Bend Women were hardly the first (although they are probably the most famous), and Dainty Time surely won't be the last.

I think Gee's Bend quilts are distinctive enough to say that these are not rip offs. I wouldn't consider these particularly modern either.

quiltmaster, I agree that these are knock-offs, but my understanding is that original Gees Bend quilts now cost tens of thousands of dollars (and rightfully so).

I highly recommend you flip through:

http://www.saqa.com/

Especially look for one by Terry Kramzar titled Field of Greens (a significant example of color study). The definition of color study is up to the artist, and I've done a few myself, but Kramzar's Field of Greens I find particularly inspiring so thought it might be worth sharing.