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Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Loretta Pettway was born in 1943 in Boykin, Alabama. She first learned to quilt by assisting her grandmother, with whom she lived. Loretta\u2019s mother left when she was 7 or 8, and her father married another woman. She didn\u2019t have the opportunity to attend much school, working on a family farm every day, marrying young, and eventually having seven children. Pettway described her husband as abusive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHe was a drinker, he was a gambler, he was a smoker. He had a lot of habits. I didn’t have no habits. Couldn’t afford them. My husband was real jealous, beat me up if he see me talking to a man.\u201d – Loretta Pettway<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Works on Display<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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\"Quilt<\/a>
Quilt Log Cabin (Courthouse Steps)
Bricklayer (local name) – In the Collection of the MFA Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Lazy<\/a>
In the Collection of the MET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Medallion<\/a>
Medallion quilt – In the Collection of the MET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Housetop<\/a>
Housetop Variation – In the Collection of the Tinwood Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Two-sided<\/a>
Two-sided quilt: Rectangular blocks & “Log Cabin” variation – In the Collection of the VMFA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Works in the Possession of Souls Grown Deep<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Interview with Loretta Pettway (From Souls Grown Deep)<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Four Block Strip<\/em> Quilt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLoretta Pettway.\u201d Loretta Pettway | Souls Grown Deep<\/em>, www.soulsgrowndeep.org\/artist\/loretta-pettway. Accessed 7 May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Loretta Pettway: Gee’s Bend | Paulson Fontaine Press”. paulsonfontainepress.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life Loretta Pettway was born in 1943 in Boykin, Alabama. She first learned to quilt by assisting her grandmother, with whom she lived. Loretta\u2019s mother…<\/p>\n

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