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Was $4599 Now $2250. Free shipping. No coupons accepted for this order. Loretta Pettway Bennett is the daughter of Qunnie Pettway, who was an outstanding quilter. Ms. Bennett explains how she learned to sew: "I can recall that I was about five or six years old when I was first introduced to sewing. At that age we were only allowed to thread the needles for the quilters in my grandmother's & my mother's quilting group. The leftover scraps are what we got to sew & piece together, practicing on how to make a real quilt. We never actually made a quilt, because the leftover pieces were so small in size, so I looked for something else more interesting to do than sticking my fingers with a needle. During grade school the bulk of my school clothes were homemade by my mother, Qunnie Pettway; she has always had a passion for sewing. Since quilting & making quilts were such a big part of my grandmother's, my mother's, & my aunt's life, I believe the seed of quiltmaking was planted into my genes. Whenever we would go to either aunt Lucy T. Pettway's or aunt Ruth Mosely's houses to play during the summer months, they would always say, 'Come here, sit down & learn how to sew.'" (Courtesy of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation) Barbara Barran has been working with the Gee's Bend Quilters since 2003. She has shown & sold their work at over 25 US museums, paying the quilters a royalty for the use of their designs. She has visited Gee's Bend, AL, several times & stayed at the home of Ruth Kennedy & Lucy Mingo. Working with the quilters has been the highlight of her design career. Custom Gee's Bend Quilt designs & sizes are available. For more information, please write to info@Classicrug.com or call us at 718-768-3338. I color matched each rug to the original quilt when the quilts were shown at the Whitney Museum. & I have made several trips to Gee's Bend during my years working with the quilters. These rugs have been shown & sold at over 20 US museums. To make this rug, weavers follow a pattern to tie knots to the warp, creating a fine, thin rug. in hand-knotted rugs, the finer the rug, the thinner it is. But because there are so many knots per square inch, the rug fibers are very dense. The rug is constructed of all-natural materials. There are no added chemicals. This is a top-quality rug that will give you years of use. The New Zealand wool will not pill or break off, & it does not have an odor, as many cheap wool rugs do. This rug should be vacuumed with a non-beater brush vacuum. Do not use a bagless cyclonic. Clean any spots with foam Resolve cleaner for wet spots & powdered Resolve for dry spots. The rug can be steam cleaned at home periodically, as needed. Please note, these are area rugs & not quilts. We do not accept returns. Reduced Gee's Bend Quilt Collection Rug "Vegetation" Loretta Bennett
