
"Housetop - 4 Block Variation" by Mary L. Bennett (b. 1942)
The granddaughter of Deila Bennett (1892-1976) ancestor of many quilt makers in Gee's Bend.
As quoted by Mary, "I was born down here in Brown Quarters and got raised by my grandmother. I started out working in the fields for my uncle Stalling Bennett. I didn't get no schooling - every now and then a day here and there. Didn't nobody teach me to make quilts. I just learned it by myself, about 12 or 13. I was seeing my grandmama piecing it up, and then I start. I just taken me some pieces and put it together, piece them up till they look like I want them to look. That's all."
"Housetop - 4 Block Variation" - 57" x 65"
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