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Celebrate National Quilting Day on Saturday, March 20 at the Folk Art Center. Connie Brown and Robin Brooks, who are members of the Asheville Quilt Guild and the Southern Highland Craft Guild, will demonstrate their craft from 10am to 4pm in the center’s lobby.Connie Brown will host an exhibition of family keepsake quilts. For example, one piece on display will be an award-winning quilt made out of her son’s old t-shirts. Connie Brown also invites visitors to bring in their own quilts and she will help them identify patterns and time periods. Helpful information about how to care for quilts and how to learn more about the process will also be provided. Robin Brooks will bring in an assortment of miniature quilts and discuss special techniques used on small pieces of fiber art. During the event, Allanstand Craft Shop at the Folk Art Center will feature a variety of traditional and handmade quilts made by members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, which represents craftspeople living in the Appalachian mountains. To become a member of the organization, artists’ work has to pass a rigorous jury process, ensuring the work displayed is always the highest quality. The National Quilting Association, Inc. began sponsoring National Quilting Day in 1991. For more information about the Folk Art Center’s celebration of this event, call 298-7928. Quilting Types Hand Quilting- the process of using needle and thread to sew a running stitch or rocking stitch to bind the quilt layers together. A quilting frame or hoop is used to assist in holding the piece being quilted off the quilter's lap. Machine Quilting is the process of using a home sewing machine or a Longarm machine to sew the layers together. When working with a machine, one starts in the middle of the quilt and sews out to the edges. Many draw the design on the fabric top before machine beginning so they can just follow the lines. Others choose to sew along seam lines aka “stitch in the ditch.” Longarm Quilting requires a special frame that has bars onto which one rolls the quilt layers. This frame allows the quilter to keep the layers together without basting. These frames are used with a professional sewing machine that rides on a platform. The platform rides along tracks so that the machine can be moved across the layers that are on the rolls. Tips for Caring for Quilts DO
Use quilts – Even old ones, used sparingly will rest creases. DON’T
Put quilts away for a long period of time. (Image provided by the Folk Art Center.)
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