When travelling through West Virginia, we usually stop at Tamarack, the West Virginia welcome center and craft shop in Beckley. There are many West Virginia products for sale there, but of course I always look at the quilts. Here are a few from a recent visit.
The prices varied! The last one shown above, a king size (100″ x 108″), was under $2000. The leaf throw shown below (51″ x 68″) was priced at $6000. 
This next picture wasn’t a quilt. It was wood (and paint) but I thought the design would be good for a quilt.
Do you look for quilts when you travel?
A surprising spot for quilt displays & possible purchase is at the Visitor Center (Iowa side) which overlooks the Mississippi River on I80. Haven’t been through that way for some time now, so can’t say if it’s still a valid statement. But the views alone are worth the stop! 🙂
Aha! I think I see a pattern here. Going to have to start checking visitor centers when we travel.
You don’t get a lot of quilts for sale out my way, but visitor centres, particularly in small towns often have a range of craft for sale. Things like those tea towels that have crocheted edges and pot holders. Very rare to find a quilt, but then I don’t think Australia has the same history of quilt making as you do.
Well, at the very least I expect quilt history is different in Australia! Some of the visitor centers here have the type of thing you describe; the one I described is definitely more curated than most visitor centers here.
Ah my father was born and raised in West Virginia and I haven’t been back to visit since he passed in the mid 2000s. If I ever return I will check out their quilting scene! I think that wood and paint one would make a cool quilt!
Yes! I thought that wood mountain would be a good quilt pattern, too!
I wish every state had a Tamarack! I’ve stopped in there twice and loved every minute. What a wonderful rest stop!
Yes, it is wonderful! And of course there’s much more than the quilts.
Astounding workmanship in those quilts.
I was impressed. Glad you enjoyed them.
I saw an artisan shop in Utah that was offering a class in the wood collage (to piggy-back on your last post), but I couldn’t get up there to take it. I always look at quilts — just like you did. They are lovely to see out in the wild!
Aha! Wood collage! What a good idea 😀