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Mark your calendar for the 2025 Airing of the Quilts Festival on Saturday, October 4 in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. This beloved annual event honors the community’s generations-old quiltmaking tradition with vibrant quilt displays and sales, hands-on workshops, guided tours, live music, and more—celebrating the artistry, history, and enduring spirit of Gee’s Bend.

Year-round attractions

Gee’s Bend Heritage Trail

The Gee’s Bend Heritage Trail commemorates the 10 Gee’s Bend quilts that appeared on U.S. postage stamps in 2006. This self-guided driving tour allows you to explore the community and its quiltmaking heritage at your own pace.

The River Gallery

Located at the Gee’s Bend Welcome Center, The River Gallery presents year-round exhibitions curated by Souls Grown Deep, exploring Gee's Bend's extraordinary history and artistic heritage. On display through August 2024: The History of Gee’s Bend from 1816 to the Present. Mon: 10:00 am–1:00 pm, Tue - Sat: 10:00 am–3:00 pm

The Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy

The Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy is a museum, community center, and gift shop that offers year-round exhibitions, workshops, and tours. Tue - Sat: 10:00 am–3:00 pm

Aerial view of an outdoor event with white tents, colorful umbrellas, and two square-shaped structures with vibrant, geometric patterns, set among trees and grassy areas, with parking lots and roads on the edges.

Featured Event

2026 Gee’s Bend
Airing of the Quilts Festival

Saturday • October 3 • 2026

Join the Gee’s Bend community in this annual celebration of its generations-old quiltmaking tradition, featuring quilt displays and sales, workshops, guided tours, food, music, and more.

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Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend
Jan
4
to Jan 10

Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend

Step into the rich quilting tradition of Gee’s Bend, a place celebrated not only for its breathtaking, improvisational quilts but also for its pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. Our FQB Legacy Quilter Workshop & Retreat offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in this cultural legacy guided by expert quilters from the Gee’s Bend community.

What to Expect

This 5-day retreat (6 hours per day) is designed for quilters of all experience levels—whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artisan. You’ll learn the distinctive techniques of Gee’s Bend quilting in a relaxed, welcoming environment where creativity knows no rules.

What’s Included:

  • All Supplies Provided:

    • Fabric pieces, including upcycled old clothes (shirts, pants, dresses, etc.)

    • Scissors, threads, needles, pins, seam rippers, small quilting hoops

    • Tip: Bring your own thimble or fabric scraps if you’d like to personalize your project!

  • Quilting Instruction:

    • Learn to lay out and piece a quilt block (16×16 to 20×20 inches) by hand or sewing machine (if available).

    • Hand quilting techniques are taught step by step by experienced Gee’s Bend quilters.

    • Option to bring your own materials or learn exclusively with provided blocks.

    • Unfinished blocks? Make arrangements with the quilter to have them completed and sent to you.

No rules. No pressure. Just creativity and connection.
Whether you’re cutting, sewing, or stitching, expect to have “Sew Much Fun” while fostering new friendships and soaking up the inspiring history of Gee’s Bend.

Learn more and register here.

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Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend
Apr
5
to Apr 11

Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend

Step into the rich quilting tradition of Gee’s Bend, a place celebrated not only for its breathtaking, improvisational quilts but also for its pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. Our FQB Legacy Quilter Workshop & Retreat offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in this cultural legacy guided by expert quilters from the Gee’s Bend community.

What to Expect

This 5-day retreat (6 hours per day) is designed for quilters of all experience levels—whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artisan. You’ll learn the distinctive techniques of Gee’s Bend quilting in a relaxed, welcoming environment where creativity knows no rules.

What’s Included:

  • All Supplies Provided:

    • Fabric pieces, including upcycled old clothes (shirts, pants, dresses, etc.)

    • Scissors, threads, needles, pins, seam rippers, small quilting hoops

    • Tip: Bring your own thimble or fabric scraps if you’d like to personalize your project!

  • Quilting Instruction:

    • Learn to lay out and piece a quilt block (16×16 to 20×20 inches) by hand or sewing machine (if available).

    • Hand quilting techniques are taught step by step by experienced Gee’s Bend quilters.

    • Option to bring your own materials or learn exclusively with provided blocks.

    • Unfinished blocks? Make arrangements with the quilter to have them completed and sent to you.

No rules. No pressure. Just creativity and connection.
Whether you’re cutting, sewing, or stitching, expect to have “Sew Much Fun” while fostering new friendships and soaking up the inspiring history of Gee’s Bend.

Learn more and register here.

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Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend
Aug
2
to Aug 8

Quilter Workshop & Retreat: Experience the Art, History, and Spirit of Gee’s Bend

Step into the rich quilting tradition of Gee’s Bend, a place celebrated not only for its breathtaking, improvisational quilts but also for its pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. Our FQB Legacy Quilter Workshop & Retreat offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in this cultural legacy guided by expert quilters from the Gee’s Bend community.

What to Expect

This 5-day retreat (6 hours per day) is designed for quilters of all experience levels—whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artisan. You’ll learn the distinctive techniques of Gee’s Bend quilting in a relaxed, welcoming environment where creativity knows no rules.

What’s Included:

  • All Supplies Provided:

    • Fabric pieces, including upcycled old clothes (shirts, pants, dresses, etc.)

    • Scissors, threads, needles, pins, seam rippers, small quilting hoops

    • Tip: Bring your own thimble or fabric scraps if you’d like to personalize your project!

  • Quilting Instruction:

    • Learn to lay out and piece a quilt block (16×16 to 20×20 inches) by hand or sewing machine (if available).

    • Hand quilting techniques are taught step by step by experienced Gee’s Bend quilters.

    • Option to bring your own materials or learn exclusively with provided blocks.

    • Unfinished blocks? Make arrangements with the quilter to have them completed and sent to you.

No rules. No pressure. Just creativity and connection.
Whether you’re cutting, sewing, or stitching, expect to have “Sew Much Fun” while fostering new friendships and soaking up the inspiring history of Gee’s Bend.

Learn more and register here.

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2025 Gee’s Bend Airing of the Quilts Festival
Oct
3

2025 Gee’s Bend Airing of the Quilts Festival

Mark your calendar for the 2025 Airing of the Quilts Festival on Saturday, October 4 in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. This beloved annual event honors the community’s generations-old quiltmaking tradition with vibrant quilt displays and sales, hands-on workshops, guided tours, live music, and more—celebrating the artistry, history, and enduring spirit of Gee’s Bend.

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2025 Gee’s Bend Airing of the Quilts Festival
Oct
4

2025 Gee’s Bend Airing of the Quilts Festival

Mark your calendar for the 2025 Airing of the Quilts Festival on Saturday, October 4 in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. This beloved annual event honors the community’s generations-old quiltmaking tradition with vibrant quilt displays and sales, hands-on workshops, guided tours, live music, and more—celebrating the artistry, history, and enduring spirit of Gee’s Bend.

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3rd AnnualJuneteenth Celebration & Kids’ Quilt Workshop at The Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy
Jun
21

3rd AnnualJuneteenth Celebration & Kids’ Quilt Workshop at The Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy

 You are invited to join the Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy for the

3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration& Kids’ Quilt Workshop
4295 County Road 29 • Alberta AL, 36720

ALL ARE WELCOME! Juneteenth is a reminder that the failure of African Americans to preserve their history may cause them to lose vital information about their families forever. 

As our quilters age, our young people are losing opportunities to learn the art of quilting. The children don’t get to sit at Mama’s or Grandmama’s knee to learn the art anymore. We want to pass along this vital tradition so our children, too, may one day be the artists of their generation and also reap the financial benefits of our heritage.

The FQBL honors and celebrates Juneteenth by passing this great piece of our history on to our young people.

We are inviting children ages 3 and up to join... food, fun, and learning to celebrate our heritage and tradition!

For questions about the celebration, please get in touch with the Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy at 334-573-2065 or info@fqblegacy.org

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