Kingsport Blogger: Oct 5-7: Quilt Show at Netherland Inn, Kingsport

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Oct 5-7: Quilt Show at Netherland Inn, Kingsport

The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts promises to connect you to a creative community. Join quilters and quilt enthusiasts at the Netherland Inn on October 5-7 at the historic Netherland Inn located on the beautiful Holston River in Kingsport, Tennessee. The show will feature special activities and demonstrations as well as tours of the only registered historical site which was both a stage coach stop and boatyard. Information on Downtown Kingsport's Quilt Trail will also be available. Live music on Saturday and Sunday and home-style food favorites all weekend: soup beans, potato soup, cornbread, hot dogs and fixins. Admission to the show is $5.00 and students under 10 are free with accompanying adult. On Friday, October 5 the hours are 12 noon – 5 PM, Saturday, October 6 the hours are 10 AM – 5 PM and Sunday, October 7, 1 PM – 5 PM.

The public invited to participate in the show by bringing your homemade bed quilts – hand quilted or machine quilted – contemporary or antique quilts, baby or crib quilts, wall hangings and lap quilts. To participate, please bring quilts to the Inn on Wednesday, October 3 from 9 AM – 1 PM or 5 PM – 7 PM. For more information call 423-765-6826.

The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts encourages you to get engaged in the arts! www.EngageKingsport.com

Bonnie Macdonald

Renaissance Center * 1200 E. Center St.

Kingsport, TN 37660
423.392.8416 fax: 423.392.8431
www.EngageKingsport.com

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Jeff Fleming
Kingsport Blog

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