The Second Annual Quilt Expo comes to the Newnan Train Depot Oct. 6-8, presented by Newnan-Coweta Historical Society.
For the second year the historic Depot — 60 East Broad Street just two blocks from Newnan’s Court Square — will be filled with colorful quilts, displays by local quilt guilds and groups, and vendors offering a range of quilting supplies and gear.
There will be an assortment of vintage and contemporary quilts on view during the three-day event to offer inspiration.
Along with the colorful gallery of quilts, several area groups and guilds plan to be on site with displays and information about their offerings, including Common Threads Quilters Guild of Newnan, the Quilters Guild of the Southern Crescent and a guild group from Thomaston.
The Coweta County Quilts of Valor organization, headed by Kathy Wilson, will be sharing their story of efforts to honor those who have served the United States in the military. The group has stitched numerous quilts in recent years which have been presented to area veterans.
Coweta County quilt enthusiast Barbara Reed is again heading up this event for Newnan-Coweta Historical Society. She along with a list of vendors will offer quilting supplies, gear and knowledge.
Among this year’s vendor-experts will be Pamela Mayo of Treefrog Quilting in Moreland, and Peachtree City’s Laura Bosma of Pretty Penny Precuts who will be offering die-cut felted wool applique kits, stitching supplies and notions. Southern Stitches of Thomaston will be at the Expo with quilt kits and fabric.
Southeast Sewing Corporation returns with a display of high-end sewing machines including the Juki long-arm and Juki sit-down machines.
Show organizer Barbara Reed, of Newnan, who operates A Fine Notion, will display all quilting tools and notions, patterns, books, 18-inch doll patterns, clothes and shoes, along with specials and sales for this show.
Some special additions to this year’s show include Five Points, Alabama, craftsperson Carolyn Horn of Dip-Dap Krafts, who will be turning “yarn bowls.”
Also see basket weaving by The Georgia Basket Weaver and Miss Elaineous Baskets of Bonaire, Ga., operated by Doris Brown.
Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday and Friday (Oct. 6-7), and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 8).
Admission is $5 at the door. There is ample free parking adjacent to the Depot.
For more information on the 2016 Quilt Expo contact the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society, headquartered in the McRitchie-Hollis Museum, 74 Jackson Street, at the corner of Clark Street, just north of downtown Newnan. The museum presents ever-changing exhibitions on historic and decorative arts topics presented in the setting of a restored grand 1937 home. Hours are 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. General admission is $5, and $2 for students and seniors.
For details call 770-251-0207, visit www.newnancowetahistoricalsociety.com or on Facebook at Newnan-Coweta Historical Society.
