These pot holders were hand pieced and quilted by the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama, the same community whose quilts hang in the Met and the Whitney. This is not a print of a quilt. It is one.

Each pot holder is sewn from the fabric on hand the day it was made, so no two are the same. You won't pick your pattern, and that's the point. The photos here show the current batch, and yours will come from whatever the quilters are working with when you order, which means it will be the only one like it anywhere.

They're made to work: thick quilted layers, a loop for hanging, built for a hot skillet handle. Plenty of them will never touch a pot. Hang it by the stove and it earns its spot either way.

The quilters are compensated for every piece in this collection. These come in small batches, and each batch looks different from the last.

• Hand pieced and quilted in Gee's Bend, Alabama
• One of a kind, pattern and colors vary by batch
• Averages 11 x 11 inches; each piece runs slightly smaller or larger because hands made it
• Cotton throughout, with the occasional denim piece, in the Gee's Bend way
• Loop for hanging
• Made in small batches
• Ships in 1 to 3 business days

Meet the Quilter

Sharon Pettway Williams

Sharon Ann Pettway Williams was born and raised in Gee's Bend, Alabama. She started quilting around age eleven, watching her mother closely, often sitting underneath the quilts as they were being stitched to study how each piece came together. Like many Gee's Bend families, hers made quilts from old, worn clothing.

At thirteen she took her first real turn when her mother stepped away from a quilt in progress. Her mother came back, saw the stitching, and welcomed her as a quilting partner from that day on.

She spent years in garment production, including more than fifteen in a sewing factory, and lived in Birmingham and Atlanta before coming home to Gee's Bend in 2005. That's when quilting found its place in her life again, in a deeper way.

Sharon works in a style entirely her own. She doesn't follow set patterns. She starts with an idea and lets the quilt take shape as she goes, drawn to bold color and trusting her instincts, often finding the finished piece becomes something different, and better, than what she first imagined.