Patty Ann Williams (1898 – 1972) was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters.
[1][2] In 2006 her quilt Medallion with checkerboard center appeared on a US Postal service stamp as part of a series commemorating Gee's bend quilters.
Patty Ann raised her children and her grandchildren in an off-grid house tucked into the woods of Rehoboth, Alabama.
Especially towards her older years, Patty Ann stayed in the house, cooking, while her kin worked in the fields on their tenant farm.
Her grand-daughter, Patty Irby, recalled that, instead of concentrating on artistic value, "They never really thought about it; whatever was too old to wear, they just tore it up to make quilts.