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by Loretta Pettway Bennett
Lazy Gal, 2025
31 × 37 ½ inches
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Loretta Pettway Bennett (b. 1960) is a fifth-generation quilter from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and one of the youngest artists to continue the community’s celebrated tradition of hand-stitched quiltmaking. Drawing on techniques passed down through generations of her family, Bennett brings a distinctive sensibility to the form through bold color, inventive geometry, and meticulous needlework. Her quilts honor a nearly two-century-old tradition while asserting her own artistic vision, extending the living legacy of Gee’s Bend into the present.
by Loretta Pettway Bennett
Lazy Gal, 2025
31 × 37 ½ inches
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Loretta Pettway Bennett (b. 1960) is a fifth-generation quilter from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and one of the youngest artists to continue the community’s celebrated tradition of hand-stitched quiltmaking. Drawing on techniques passed down through generations of her family, Bennett brings a distinctive sensibility to the form through bold color, inventive geometry, and meticulous needlework. Her quilts honor a nearly two-century-old tradition while asserting her own artistic vision, extending the living legacy of Gee’s Bend into the present.