The Macon County Quilt Trail
Welcomes You
The Macon County Quilt Trail, headquartered in Franklin, NC is an extension of the Western North Carolina Quilt Trails project. What is the quilt trail? The Quilt Trails project got its start in Ohio when Donna Sue Groves put a quilt block on her barn honoring her mother. From that simple act, the project has grown to cover 24 states and more than 2,000 quilt blocks.
The initiative began in Western North Carolina in 2006 in Madison and Ashe counties when Handmade in America made a grant to them to get the project started. Over 100 quilt blocks are hosted in those two counties alone.
Macon County is the newest addition to the Western North Carolina Quilt Trails and the first in far western NC to undertake the project. The Macon County Quilt Trail was started by seed money from the Franklin Tourism Development Authority and the Franklin Tourism Development Committee.
You can join in this endeavor by getting your own quilt block. We’ll help you find just the right block to tell your story whether it is about a person, place or other historical event.
Call 828-349-8912 or for more information on the Macon County Quilt Trail project, pricing or to download an application click here.
Macon County Quilt Trail Board of Directors
President - Deb Heatherly
Vice President - Linda Harbuck
Secretary - Joan Crowers
Treasurer- Mike Vincent
Paint Captain - Carol Vincent
Photography & Block Certification - Anna & Paul Orlow
Histories - Deb Heatherly, Paul Orlow, Anna Orlow, Joan Crowers and individual block owners.
Publicity - Linda Schlott
Other Board Members - Nancilee Dills & Beth Moberg
Macon County Quilt Trail Paint Team
Carol Vincent - Captain
Mike Vincent - Draftsman
Joan Crowers & Other Volunteers
2012
“Airing of the Quilts” Scheduled for May 12
This is the second year of this annual event and will be held once again on the Saturday
of Mother's Day weekend. This year we've made this event even bigger.
In addition to the quilts hanging all over Franklin's downtown, at quilt trail block locations, and at private residences all around the county, look for
Quilt Related vendors, special quilt exibitions, a quilt appraiser to tell you about and appraise
your families treasured quilt(s), and a special workshop on Friday the 11th with noted author, lecturer,
teacher and certified appraiser Jane Hall.
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Quilt Trail Guide Now Available
The Macon County Quilt Trail project tour guide contains pictures of blocks, detailed maps to the location of each quilt square installed, GPS coordinates, and the stories behind each of these beautiful and colorful quilt blocks that make up our trail.
Get your Macon County NC Quilt Trail Guide Book at any of the following locations:
- Franklin Chamber of Commerce
- Deb's Cats N Quilts
- Oak Hill Country Bed and Breakfast
- A Stitch in Time
- Mountain Brook Cottages
This is our first edition of the guide to the Macon County NC Quilt Trail.
For additional information please call 828-349-8912.