Edwina Pettway

Edwina Pettway (b. 1950) is an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective. She learned to quilt from her mother, Candis Pettway, alongside her sisters Qunnie Pettway and Sally Mae Pettway.[1] Her quilts are known for mixing the Gee's Bend tradition with "the pop excesses of Hollywood and Las Vegas."[2]

Life

Coming from a long matrilineage of quilters, Dinah Miller is Edwina Pettway's great-grandmother and Qunnie Pettway and Sally Mae Pettway are her sisters.

References

1. "Edwina Pettway | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
2. Arnett, William; Herman, Bernard (2006). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. p. 147. ISBN 9780971910478.