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Housetop Quilt Kit
Finished size: 51" x 62"
New from Windham Fabrics--Gees Bend Quilt Kits!
Debby Kratovil has adapted the original quilt designs for Windham fabrics, creating easy piecing instructions so you can make a your own version of this quilt made by Gee's Bend quilter Rita Mae Pettway.
The 100% cotton fabric used in these quilt kits are hand dyed by artisans who specialize in this unique trade. Every yard is unique and unlike any other yard. Much like in the original quilts, it is not uncommon to find slight imperfections in printing, making each strip or block a one of a kind masterpiece.
This kit includes the
pattern and all the fabric needed to make the quilt top and binding, you will need
to provide batting and backing.
We're sorry, this kit is out of stock,
and we can't get any more.
Windham Fabrics is proud to partner with the Gee's Bend Quilter's Collective. Learn more about the Gees Bend Quilters collective on their website: quiltsofgeesbend.com
Note: Click here to go to Windham's adjusted color placements
on diagram and cutting information for this quilt.
About the Quiltmaker: Rita Mae Pettway (b. 1942)
She made her first quilt at the age of 14. She was raised by her grandmother, quiltmaker Annie E. Pettway and still live in the house that her grandfather built for the family in the 1940s. "Onliest thing we did after everything else was done, was sit by the fireplace in the wintertime and piece up quilts. Me and my grandmama Annie.She didn't have no pattern to go by; she just cut them by the way she know how to make them," say Rita Mae. Piecing quilts, according to Rita Mae, was done individually but quilting "we all did together." Rita Mae, along with her ancestors and her daughter, renowned quilter Louisiana Bendolph share a penchant for creating strip quilts in concentric squares resulting in Housetops and Hog Pens, each artist though has a unique style and variation on the theme.
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