Pearlie Kennedy was born in Boykin, Alabama (Gee's Bend) in 1920.
[3] The quilt, also known as Triangles Creating Squares-within-Squares (Housetop) Motif, is made from cotton sacking material.
[4] It is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1] a gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in 2014.
[5] Once clothing was no longer able to be mended, Pettway would use the material from coverall pants, dresses, and skirts to create quilts.
flour sacks and cloth that she acquired in Camden, using the leftover fabric to make quilts.