Loretta Pettway

Loretta Pettway (May 18, 1942 – May 15, 2026) is an American artist and quilt maker of the Gee's Bend Collective from Boykin, Alabama. Her quilts are known for their bold and improvisational style.

In 2006, her quilts "Roman Stripes" variation and "Medallion" Her quilts are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is a recipient of a 2015 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

Life Pettway was born in Boykin, Alabama

Her schooling was also fragmentary. Pettway typically went to school during October, November, and December, between harvests. Otherwise, all of the rest of her time was spent harvesting and attending to her brother. Housetop quilt, and Medallion quilt that can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.