She was raised in the quilting tradition , first taught by her mother at the age of 12 , just two years before she began having children .
Mary Lee Bendolph grew up in Gee 's Bend , Alabama .
Mary Lee Bendolph was raised in the quilting tradition , first taught by Mary Lee Bendolph 's mother at the age of 12 , just two years before she began having children .
Mary Lee Bendolph grew up in Gee 's Bend , Alabama .