Gee's Bend expects thousands in attendance of its second annual Airing of the Quilts Festival on Saturday. ... went up for sale on Etsy or simply laid at the foot of a loved one’s bed.

This photo provided by Tangular Irby shows a Gee's Bend x Target display at a Target store in Trumbull, Conn., Feb. 10, 2024. The multinational retailer launched a limited-edition collection based ...

Gee’s Bend Quilters, from left, Lucy Marie Mingo, Nancy Pettway and Arlonzia Pettway work on a quilt in the Boykin nutrition center in Boykin, Ala., April 6, 2006.

Gee’s Bend Quilters, from left, Lucy Marie Mingo, Nancy Pettway and Arlonzia Pettway work on a quilt in the Boykin nutrition center in Boykin, Ala., April 6, 2006. (Bernard Troncale/The ...

An authentic Gee's Bend quilt typically costs anywhere from $500 to $13,000, but thanks to a new, nationwide collaboration with Target, interested buyers have a few more attainable options to ...

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was ...

Gee’s Bend Quilters, from left, Lucy Marie Mingo, Nancy Pettway and Arlonzia Pettway work on a quilt in the Boykin nutrition center in Boykin, Ala., April 6, 2006.

Stella Mae Pettway, who has sold her quilts on Etsy for $100 to $8,000, ... Claudia Pettway Charley, a Gee’s Bend quilter and a community manager at Nest, a nonprofit, ...

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was ...

This photo provided by Tangular Irby shows a Gee's Bend x Target display at a Target store in Trumbull, Conn., Feb. 10, 2024. The multinational retailer launched a limited-edition collection based ...

FILE - Quilter Annie Mae Young, of the Gee’s Bend area in Alabama, poses in front of her quilt at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, May 31, 2005. Target launched a limited-edition collection ...