
Arlonzia Pettway
Quiltmaker
Boykin (Gee's Bend), Alabama, United States
Arlonzia Pettway grew up and quilted in the community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Arlonzia Pettway was one of the founding quilters in the Freedom Quilting Bee, a sewing and quilting cooperative established in 1966 to help poverty-stricken Gee’s Bend residents earn money using their skills. Their quilts were sold in New York at auction and later at Bloomingdale’s. Arlonzia quilt...