MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - After several years of hosting its annual Airing of Quilts Festival, the Gee’s Bend community is set to host a new quilting event. The inaugural Spring Yard Show offers a new ...

The Gee’s Bend Quilters are bringing their world-renowned quilts out of the gallery and into the yard with a special community event next month. The inaugural Gee’s Bend Spring Yard Show, set to take ...

For Claudia Pettway Charley, the phrase “close-knit community” has a very literal meaning. Born and raised in the rural African American town of Gee’s Bend (also known as Boykin) in south-central ...

Deep in a curve of the Alabama River is the small rural community of Gee’s Bend. The site of a former cotton plantation where the residents trace their lineage to enslaved ancestors, it has recently ...

Every October, Alabama’s Gee’s Bend community celebrates its quilting tradition at the Airing of the Quilts Festival, honoring generations of makers.