2010 Fall Quilt Trails Road Rally - Nov 6

SAVE THE DATE...

Fall Road Rally: Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010. We'll start registration for the fall rally in September. Invite your friends, load up your car! $35 per car. A great time of year to see the fall color and enjoy incredible vistas. For more information, call 828-682-7331.

Winners of the June Road Rally were: 1st place - Jane Green, Bakersville, and Jackie Phillips, Charlotte; 2nd place - Kevin & Heather Gavagan, Charlotte, and Geoff Templeton, Mill Spring; 3rd place – Kathy Kiser, Newton, NC and Sharon Smith, Flat Rock

June 2010 Road Rally Winners

from left: Barbara Webster, Jane Green, Sharon Smith (not pictured: Geoff Templeton)

June 2010 Road Rally Winners

from left: Jackie Phillips, Barbara Webster, Kevin Gavagan, Kathy Kiser

Here are some photos of the June Road Rally participants:

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The Sundial is Here!

Sundial

On Friday, March 19 at noon Quilt Trails installed the world’s first Quilt Block SUNDIAL, also the largest vertical sundial in North Carolina, on the side of the Yancey Common Times Journal building just off the Burnsville Town Square, at 22 North Main St.

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Welcome to Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina!

We have the highest concentration of quilt blocks anywhere in the USA! Come to Yancey County to get started on your great quilt adventure! We are just 45 minutes North of Asheville - exit 9 off I-26, or exit onto Hwy 80 off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Six contiguous counties host quilt blocks, with the highest concentration in Yancey and Mitchell Counties. While in Yancey County, visit Mt. Mitchell, highest peak East of the Mississippi. Mitchell County is home to Roan Mountain (the rhododendrons are in full bloom in June - gateway through Bakersville) and Avery County offers Grandfather Mountain with its mile-high swinging bridge. Of course we have waterfalls, supreme hiking, great trout fishing, canoeing, golf, horseback riding, and great shopping. Burnsville, seat of Yancey County, has TWO quilt shops.

The Quilt Trails project got its start in Ohio when Donna Sue Groves put a block on her barn to honor her mother. From that simple act, the project has spread to 24 states.

Nine different driving trails take you to view vividly painted quilt squares installed on barns and buildings of participating communities. Even if it is raining you can still enjoy a day of adventure finding the quilt blocks. Stop by the the Quilt Trails Gift Shop in the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce in Burnsville to get a driving map and pick up one of nine tour guides that tell the stories behind the blocks.

Quilt Trails Profiled in Carolina Country

Carolina Country

The Quilt Trails has been profiled in the June 2009 issue of Carolina Country magazine.

The article, by Hannah Miller, is titled "Stars & Barns: The Quilt Trails Project brings more color, customs & tourists to the northwestern Carolina countryside."

Read the full article here [PDF].

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Tour Guides Now Available!

Tour Guides and Maps are being offered in the Quilt Trails Gift Shop at the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce in Burnsville.

Maps include all of Mitchell and Yancey Counties, with an overall map and individual maps for individual Trails. [Click here for online maps]

Guides are available for Arbuckle, Bakersville/Roan Mountain, Bee Log, Burnsville, Celo & Parkway, Green Mountain & Relief, Lickskillet to Westside, Pensacola, and Spruce Pine.

The Gift Shop is open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm and Saturday 10am-2pm.

If you would like to volunteer for the Gift Shop and learn more about the Chamber and how to serve visitors to our county, call 828-682-7331.
Arbuckle Ariosa We are now selling Arbuckle Coffee - the only place in the Southeast where you can buy it!

Mt. Mitchell Craft Fair
Thanks to all of you who came to see us at the Mt. Mitchell Craft Fair. We all had a wonderful time and those of you who painted t-shirts appeared to have the best time of all! We appreciate your enthusiastic support!