Quilt Turning with Anne Barrett of Grove Oak, AL

Name: Quilt Turning with Anne Barrett of Grove Oak, AL
Start: 2025-01-18T11:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-18T12:30:00-06:00
Location: 440 Gunter Ave., Guntersville, AL, United States, Alabama 35976

Schedule

Sat Jan 18 2025 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

440 Gunter Ave., Guntersville, AL, United States, Alabama 35976 | Guntersville, AL

Anne Barrett is a renown piecer and hand-quilter from our area. The quilt behind Anne in the picture above has over 14,000 pieces in it! Rumor has it that at southeastern quilt shows, quilters will ask if Anne has a quilt entered in a category, and if so, they won’t even enter their quilts! She has taught classes on how to make Dear Jane quilts (a mere 5,602 pieces of fabric in each) as well as other pattern workshops.
Although she has exhibited many of her quilts through MVAC’s previous quilt exhibits including a solo quilt exhibit in April 2022, this Art Talk is the first time Anne will be leading a “quilt turning” in person. Sometimes it is called a “bed turning” in which the quilter carefully turns back quilt after quilt layered on a bed while explaining and answering questions. Since MVAC will be hosting this “turning” without beds, we are calling it a “quilt turning”.
We expect the entire quilt turning will take about an hour, so Anne will start one at 10 AM and at 11:30 AM, but you are welcome to come in any time or stay for both sessions. Come join us for this free quilting experience!