Official Alabama Quilt

Official Quilt of Alabama

photo of Pine Burr quilt

Photograph from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Pine Burr Quilt quilted by Qunnie Pettway, Gees Bend, Alabama

The official quilt of Alabama is the Pine Burr Quilt. It was designated the official quilt of the State of Alabama by the Legislature on March 11, 1997. The resolution naming the state quilt recognizes the work of the Freedom Quilting Bee, a well-known group of African-American women from Wilcox County.

For more information see:

http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/FQBhistory.html

Sources:
Act 97-111, Acts of Alabama, March 11, 1997

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