Ella Mae Irby

Ella Mae Irby (1923-2001) bụ ónyé America na-ese ihe. A na-ejikọta ya na ndị Gee's Bend quilting collective, ya na nne ya, Delia Bennett, na nwa ya nwanyị Linda Diane Bennett.Rubin, Susan Goldman. 2017. The Quilts of Gee's Bend. New York: Abrams. p. 37-38.  E gosipụtara ọrụ ya na Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

 Oge ọ malitere 
Irby kọwara itolite n'ime ime ọbọdọ na-ada ogbenye n'oge mmalite narị afọ nke 20 dị ka ihe siri ike na ihe na-abaghị uru. Anyị na-arụ ọrụ ugbo. bírí na ubi Brown, n'okpuru ihe ha kpọrọ "ndị nwe ala". Ogwe, ọka, ahịhịa, sorghum syrup, ezì, ehi. . . Laa azụ n'oge ahụ ị na-arụ ọrụ màkà cents iri atọ, cents iri anọ n'ụbọchị, ma site na nke ahụ ị na - akwụ ndị nwe ụlọ ụgwọ. . . . Oge siri ike. Ha na-akpọ ya "ọganihu" laa azụ n'oge ahụ.

A manyere Irby na ezinụlọ ya ịghọrọ ogho iji gbanwere ụgwọ ụlọ n'ubi ha bi na ya ma kesaa ihe ọkụkụ.

Irby mụrụ nwa mbụ ya, na ónyé na-eyi akwa, Lou Ida Bennett Mgbè ọ dị afọ 28. Ọ lụrụ Addison Irby mgbè ọ dị afọ 32.

 Ọrụ 
Irby mụtara ịkwa ákwà site n'aka nné ya, ónyé na-ete ihe na-acha ma na-emepụta ihe ndị na-eme ka ụmụ ya na-eji akpa fatịlaịza eme ihe. A kụziiri Quilting site n'agbụrụ matriarchal nke ezinụlọ ya ma na-eme ya n'ọtụtụ ebe."Ella Mae Irby | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-23.

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