Quilting

Woodcarver, dancer, musician, storyteller and quilter

Watauga County, NC

Willard Watson and his wife Ora were among the extraordinary traditional artists in the Watson family of Watauga County, who were recognized with a 1994 North Carolina Heritage Award. Willard, a first cousin to famed guitarist Doc Watson, was widely known as a flatfoot dancer, storyteller, banjo player, and especially a woodcarver.

Elsie Trivette

Fiber artist

Avery County, NC

For well over half a century, Elsie Trivette practiced and perfected handicrafts that she learned from her mother and grandmother while growing up in the mountains of Avery County. She was skilled at making knotted bedspreads and hand-tied fringe, venerable crafts that were widely practiced in the mountain region in earlier generations. Her expertise ranged from growing, processing, and spinning flax, and carding and spinning wool, to making quilts and hooked rugs. By selling her handmade rugs and quilts, she single-handedly supported a family of seven after her husband became ill.

Quilting

Mountain Heritage Classes Project

Willard and Ora Watson

Elsie Trivette

Willard and Ora Watson

Woodcarver, dancer, musician, storyteller and quilter

Watauga County, NC

Elsie Trivette

Fiber artist

Avery County, NC

Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair

Quilt Trails in Western North Carolina

Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center

Historic Carson House

African American Crazy Patch Quilt

Blue Ridge Traditional Artist Directory

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