We recently travelled to West Virginia on vacation, and I thought I would share some of the quilts displayed at Tamarack Marketplace, the state craft shop and travel center near Beckley.
Of course I was interested in the quilts displayed there. Here are a few pictures to give you the idea.
This is a large quilt, along with some hand-crafted tables in the foreground
I had to get between two sculptures, impinging on the sides here, to get a photo of this large quilt
This is one block of a quilt that was quilted by hand and had a 3-dimensional flower superimposed on a star in each block. It looked like a lot of work!
Most of the quilts were traditional in design. You can see a display of lamps in the background.
This quilt was especially well made, and was hand quilted. The price was $3000.
This lively quilt of Hawaiian themed fabrics was the closest I saw to a modern quilt at Tamarack
Of course there were many other arts and crafts, not just quilts. If you’re travelling through West Virginia on the toll portion of I-64, in the southern part of the state, the Tamarack center is worth a stop. Here’s the website so you can see for yourself.
Zippy Quilts 