About This Quilt

Bennett often sketches her ideas for quilts and colors them before beginning to piece fabric together. While many quilts are made up of numerous blocks, Bennett is known for enlarging one block to the size of the quilt. She prefers to use fabric from thrift stores due to the range of colors and quality of older materials. In speaking about this quilt she said, “The triangle I put in there to make the quilt stand out, I wanted it to be like a window into my background and my childhood and where I came from. That quilt honors my mother, Qunnie, and Arlonzia.” She decided to use hot pink fabric because it was her mother’s favorite color and used the leftover pieces to make the back, which offers a simple, yet complementary, design.

Let's Look!

• What do you notice first?
• Where does your eye travel next? What drew your eye there?
• How are the patterns different from each other? How are they similar?
• What do you think this quilt could represent about the artist’s childhood?