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Red Land Cotton – Alabama

Southern Businesses - Red Land Cotton
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Anna Yeager Brakefield and her father, Mark, a lifelong farmer, are at the helm of Red Land Cotton, known for heirloom-quality bed linens, towels, and a growing apparel line. “We wanted to make something that was built to last. ‘Heirloom’ conjures up a beautiful image in my mind, but it also conjures up a feeling of investing in something that endures,” Anna says, noting that each sheet, hemstitched sham, and striped ticking quilt is cut and sewn by hand in the U.S.