Feedsack quilts represent the artistic expression of American women in a distinctive textile era, 1930‒1960, when such bed coverings were created from colorful, patterned fabrics that started out as feed or flour sacks. Many of these textile bags had their genesis in the cotton fields of Alabama. Bemis Bro. Bag Company, once the largest textile bag manufacturer in the United States, operated a cotton mill and bag plant in Bemiston, Alabama.
This is a Road Scholars talk by Sarah Bliss Wright, presented by the Thomas B. Norton Public Library (Gulf Shores).
February 20, 2026 | 10:30am
Gulf Shores Activity Center (Gulf Shores)
251.968.1176
dfincher@gulfshoresal.gov
