Congratulations to Carolyn Tingle and Les Barrett, the winners of our 2026 Raffle. Carolyn will be taking home the  beautiful “strings” quilt generously donated by Mountain Jam Circle, and  Les won the stained glass lake house scene created and donated by Bob Blackwell. Thank you to all of our supporters, and congratulations Carolyn and Les!

This year’s raffle features another magnificent quilt made for The Folk Heritage Committee by Mountain Jam Circle. This design is called a “string” quilt, the “strings” being strips of leftover fabric that in the past might have included old clothes, sheets, or feed sacks. String quilts were popular in the rural south starting in the […]