Bib & Tucker Sew-Op is an arts organization serving the Birmingham area and beyond. Their mission is to cultivate skills for those who sew or want to sew where everyone can be a teacher and a student. Visit them online at bibandtuckersewop.org.

Bib & Tucker Sew-Op aims to be a hub for sewing activities that promote empowerment, education, and economic opportunity. They achieve this goal through programs such as The March Quilts Project, QUARK (Quilting Activity Resource Kit), and Magic City Seams. Each of these programs is represented in this exhibition. Co-founded by multi-generational and multi-racial Birmingham natives, "Ms. Annie" Bryant and Lillis Taylor, the Sew-Op was built on the foundation of their friendship. Ms. Annie and Lillis met in 2010 and became thick as thieves, finding lots to talk about and learn from one another around the modality of sewing. Shortly after their first encounter, they started swapping skills and stories at Inglenook Library every Tuesday morning. When their group became too loud for the library, they moved to Woodlawn – the group has been sewing together ever since. The Bib & Tucker community is connected by a belief in the transformative power of sewing and how it can be a tool for activism or a comforting self-care practice.

Over the last decade, the Sew-Op has brought together more than 1,000 quilt blocks made by Alabamians that illustrate seven different themes of civil or human rights. This exhibition showcases three quilts from the 13 quilt collection of The March Quilts.

We are excited to see ten years of creation in one gallery, and we hope you will enjoy this visual survey of the hard work of the members of Bib & Tucker Sew-Op. Happy sewing!

While enjoying the exhibition, please wear a mask or face covering and maintain a six-foot distance from others. Hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the gallery space for the convenience of visitors and staff.

Free and open to the public Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Visit us on the first floor of the RSA Tower, located in downtown Montgomery at 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110.