“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...

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In her Vinton home, Nell Townley took care of her two spinster aunts for several years before they died. Looking at the handmade crazy quilt made by Una and Hallie McLain during family quilt-making ...