Pigeon
Forge, TN – March 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / Quilts – the kind
your grandmother made with love, skill and tradition – are the focus of
A
Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge from March 18-21.
The festival revolves around
almost 80 classes led by nationally recognized instructors, a 20-category
competition with more than $22,000 in prizes, a vendor mall featuring a
variety of goods and highly visual displays of quilts of many designs.
All activity is at the LeConte
Center at Pigeon Forge, and admission is free.
In addition to the classes,
many people visit A Mountain Quiltfest to get appraisals of quilts that
are family heirlooms.
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“You needn’t ever have held
a quilting needle in your hand to enjoy ‘A Mountain Quiltfest,’” said Butch
Helton, manager of the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism’s special events
office, which organizes the activity along with the Piecemakers and Sevier
Valley Quilters guilds.
“Absolutely everyone can
appreciate the skill and artistry on display. In a sense, it’s a very special
art show,” Helton said.
Expect to see numerous quilts
with Christmas motifs because Christmas is the theme of a special competition
category for 2015.
Sandra Palmer, an American
Quilter’s Society certified appraiser, will appraise quilts on March 17,
19, 20 and 21 by appointment. She will handle walk-up appraisals if possible.
(Make appointments by contacting Lana Bowes at 865-429-7350 or LBowes@CityOfPigeonForge.com.)
Eleven antique quilt bed
turnings are scheduled over the event’s four days. These are sessions where
local quilters and guild members offer detailed information about collections
of quilts made before 1965.
Information about visiting
Pigeon Forge is at MyPigeonForge.com.
Details of A Mountain Quiltfest are at MyPigeonForge.com/events/quiltfest.
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Media Contact:
Tom
Adkinson, APR
for Pigeon Forge Department
of Tourism
615-341-8796 |