"Basket Weave"—sampler variation

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
2000
Cotton and cotton/polyester blend
105 x 78 inches
Collection of
Hampton University Museum
Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

Polly Bennett makes what she calls "get-together" quilts: "just putting pieces together—any color, any sizes." Her "Basket Weave" sampler variation is indicative of this approach; it contains some triangles and squares among the rectangular stripes.