November 10th: Sarah Wright

Sarah Wright: Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags: Pieces into Quilt History

Feedsack quilts represent the artistic expression of American women in a distinctive textile era, 1930‒1960, when quilts were created from colorful, patterned fabrics that started out as feed or flour sacks. Many of these bags originated in the cotton fields of Alabama with Bemis Bro. Bag Company in Bemiston, Alabama. Once used these bags placed millions of yards of free fabric in the hands of creative women to create quilts. Wright holds a B.A. in psychology from Samford University and  was curator for “Our Quilted Past,” an exhibit of Alabama feedsack quilts and Bemis Bro. Bag Company, and her research on the subject is published in “Uncoverings 2013.” Sarah is a contributing author to “Alabama Quilts” (2020) and Southern Quilts (2017).