Project Overview: Expand AQT through Roane County Tennessee with an initial installation of four quilt squares in strategic high traffic locations within the county. These squares will be created and overseen by Bryan Wilkerson of the RSCC Art Department and his students. The installation of these squares will occur fall 2009 following a six week exhibit at the Knoxville Museum of Art July 10th - August 23rd which coincides with the American Quilter's Society internation Expo July 22-25, 2009. The exhibit will include the actual quilt squares, photo renderings of the installation site, documentation of the process, historical info about quilts and the AQT. Following the exhibit the quilt squares will be installed in the various locations below. Over the next few years it is our goal to create various trails county wide.

AQT website

AQT Contact: Lindy Turner
Coordinator, Clinch-Powell RC&D
Acting Coordinator, Southeast TN RC&D
P.O. Box 379
Rutledge TN 37861
Ph: 865-828-5927
Cell: 865-850-7495
Fax: 865-828-5212
email: lindy@clinchpowell.org

KMA website

KMA Contact
Clark Gillespie, Assistant Curator
ph 525-6101 ext. 255
email: cgillespie@kmaonline.org

American Quilter's Society website
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley St Knoxville, TN
July 22-25, 2009

Roane State Community College Expo Center
Expo Center Website

Henry/Stafford East TN Agricultural Exposition Center
276 Patton Lane
Harriman, TN 37748
865-882-4590

Projected Site rendering

Pattern Design from the Quilt Below


Quilt design by Tennessee Quilters Judy Elwood, Joyce Tennery, and Alice Richardson

Downtown Rockwood
Rockwood 2000 website

Contact: Judy Wassom (Rockwood 2000 coordinator)
Email:jowassom@yahoo.com
Phone:865-776-0510

Projected Installation Location
Yonder Hollow
319 W. Rockwood St.
Rockwood, TN 37854
Yonder Hollow website

Projected Site rendering

Detail of Quilt Square

Randolph Family Pattern. The original quilt from which this one was copied was brought to Tennessee by the William Randolph Family of Virginia when the Randolphs migrated in about 1800. The quilting was done by an expert quilter, Mrs. Amanda Taylor of Rockwood, TN.

Harriman- Rocky Top General Store
Rocky Top General Store website

Rocky Top General Store
P.O. Box 1006
Harriman, TN. 37748
Phone: (865) 882-8867
Contact: David Webb
email:rockytopgeneralstore@comcast.net

Projected Site rendering

Sunburst by Mary Hutton Rankin 1850 Bedford County
Pieced: 99" X 86"; cotton: red, green, white; handwoven white black; red dotted binding added; quilted by the piece and double shells in the background.

Kingston- Roane Alliance
Roane Alliance website

1209 N. Kentucky Street
Kingston, TN 37763
PH.865-376-5572
FX.865-376-4978
Contact:Pam May (Manager/Tourism and Marketing)
email: tourism@roanealliance.org

Projected Site rendering

Detail of Quilt Square

Basket of Scraps. Maker: The Blaire Sisters- Susan, Mary Ann, or Elizabeth Jane. Barnardsville, Roance County, circa 1880. The Blaire sisters did sewing for others in the community. This quilt is made of many sewing scraps and probably contains fabric swatches from friends living in other states. The letters left at the farm often include requests for dress scraps for quilting projects.

The Blaire sisters, seated left to right, Susan Caroline and Elizabeth Jane. Standing: Mary Ann and their nephew, J.E.L. Johnson, in front of farmhouse in Roane County in 1900.