Her family's farm harvested common crops like cotton, corn, peas, peanuts, sugarcane, and millet (sorghum).
[2] Wilcox County built a dam near Miller's Ferry, which flooded her family's 10 acres, thus destroying their farm.
The first quilt she completed was in the locally named "Lazy Gal" style, which consisted of long strips sewn vertically.
From this book, Lucy T. learned patterns rarely seen in other Gee's Bend quilts, such as "Stars," "Monkey Wrench," "Snowball," etc.
She did not stop quilting until her mid-70's when she developed high blood pressure, which made it incredibly hard for her to focus on her patterns.