The 16th Annual A Mountain Quiltfest
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Join us for the Opening Night Reception at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm. Greet old friends and make new acquaintances at a Tennessee quilt show. Instructors, vendors and sponsors will be on hand for questions and to meet your quilting needs. Enjoy a special showing of the quilts and shop for unique items prior to the public opening. Come to meet and greet as we kick off “A Mountain Quiltfest 2010”! The Antique Quilt Bed Turning is back again this year by popular demand. This event, held each day in the lobby of the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center, will highlight quilts made before 1960. Members of the Piecemakers and Sevier Valley Quilter Guilds will narrate the bed turning and provide information about the quilts including their age, owner, and pattern name and construction techniques. Interesting historical and special information such as why the quilt was made, for whom it was made and for what special occasion it was made will also be provided, if available. The quilts are rotated, so be sure to check the schedule to make sure you see all the beautiful quilts.
Wednesday, March 10th - Saturday, March 13th |
10:00am, 1:00pm, & 4:00pm. |
Sunday, March 14th |
10:00am & 1:00pm.
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Quilt Appraiser Sandra Palmer, a professional quilt appraiser, joins us again this year from Vermont as our quilt appraiser. She requires pre-registration for an appraisal and each quilt being appraised requires a 30-minute time slot. The charge is $40.00 for one quilt, three or more $35.00 each, and five or more $30.00 each. Appraisals will be conducted in a private room at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center.
Sandra will be available to appraise quilts according to the following schedule:
To schedule an appraisal appointment with Ms. Palmer, please contact the Office of Special Events during normal business hours at (865) 429-7350.
All participants are cordially invited to bring their quilted items, cameras and friends to the Annual A Mountain Quiltfest Show & Tell on Friday, March 12, 2010, beginning at 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:00pm) at the Grand Majestic Theater.
This is a free and fun-filled evening of fellowship. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite quilting projects (no more than three per person and finished or in progress) and tell the special stories behind the making of these unique and comforting keepsakes.
Here’s How…….For each 100% cotton/quilt shop quality Children’s bright fat quarter donated at Show & Tell, you will receive one ticket which will be entered into a drawing for a sewing machine. For each yard of fabric, you will receive four tickets (yards do not need to be cut into fat quarters). Additional door prizes will be awarded and will include class and lecture vouchers for 2011 as well as many great gifts from our vendors.
Locations and Times
Quilting Classes and Lectures – Smoky Mountain Convention Center (between stoplight #8 and #10, behind KFC and Krispy Kreme)
Tuesday, March 9th through Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Pre-registration is required. Please click on Class Schedule for the days and times of classes.
Meal Lectures - hosted by and at the Pottery House Café (turn at stoplight #7, the restaurant is just over the bridge and on the left)
Pre-registration is required. Please click on Class Schedule for the days and times of the meal lectures.
Quilt Show and Vendor Hall Student Preview Night – Music Road Convention Center (Stoplight #1, Henderson Chapel Rd.)
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010. Doors open at 6:00pm.
Quilt Show and Vendor Hall Open FREE to the Public – Music Road Convention Center (Stoplight #1, Henderson Chapel Rd.) and Smoky Mountain Convention Center (between stoplight #8 and #10, behind KFC and Krispy Kreme)
Antique Quilt Bed Turning – Music Road Convention Center
(Stoplight #1, Henderson Chapel Rd.)
Wednesday, March 10th through
Saturday, March 13th at 10:00am, 1:00pm, and 4:00pm.
Sunday, March 14th at 10:00am and 1:00pm .
Show & Tell – Grand Majestic Theater (Turn at Stoplight #2 and the theater is up the hill on the left)
Friday, March 12th, 2010. Doors open at 6:00pm, show begins at 7:00pm.
Event Headquarters
All pre-registered students (pre-registration for classes begins online after the first of the year) and those wishing to register for classes at the event will need to check-in at the class registration and student check-in table. Hospitality packets, which will contain your A Mountain Quiltfest thimble, nametag, and other goodies, will be available for pick up at check-in. (Hospitality packets are guaranteed for all pre-registered students and will be available on a first come first serve basis to those who register at the event.)
The registration and student check-in table will be open at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center according to the following schedule:
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