TRENTON’S THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SUWANNEE VALLEY QUILT FESTIVAL
ANYTHING GOES QUILTERS CELEBRATE NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA
March 3, 2019
Trenton, Florida – From watching a Florida Gator’s ballgame or competition, to viewing a Harn Museum of Art exhibition, to tubing down the Ichetucknee River, or diving into a refreshing spring, North Central Florida has something for everyone.
At Trenton’s Suwannee Valley Quilt Festival, the “Anything Goes” quilting class celebrates things to see and do in North Central Florida with over fourteen beautiful quilts on display at Trenton’s historic depot on March 16th. Festival visitors will be introduced, or reintroduced, to natural and cultural facets of this area. People will often visit some of these iconic places regularly, but others they may not think about going to see.
The quilts demonstrate several different techniques. One has innumerable strips of fabric painstakingly fitted together into a geometric design. It is in Gator orange and blue for the university. Another has animals of various sizes and shapes. Its focus is the Santa Fe College teaching zoo. A quilt of butterflies represents the UF Butterfly Garden and the various butterfly farms in the Hawthorne/Melrose area.
Lyn White, the class instructor, will show an entry originally made for the “Quilt Florida II” show at the UF National History Museum. It depicts scenes of Paynes Prairie. She explained that the squares of birds and alligators were copied onto fabric using original photographs taken by a nature photographer. The joint class project features a manatee made of collaged floral fabrics.
The “Anything Goes” class, that also includes Stephanie Metts, Elayne Cassisi, Mary Gregory, Fran Anderson, and Pat Lopez, meets on Wednesdays at the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shoppe in Trenton.
The thirteenth annual Trenton’s Suwannee Valley Quilt Festival, Florida’s only outdoor quilt show and sale, will be held Saturday, March 16, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the picturesque town of Trenton, Florida. Located in north central Florida just 20 miles west of Gainesville, Trenton’s Main Street will be filled with crafts, antiques, and quilting displays.
The annual event is sponsored by the City of Trenton, Gilchrist County’s Tourist Development Council, the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shoppe, Trenton ACE Hardware, plus other businesses and individuals from the tri-county area.
For more information about the festival, visit us on Facebook, go to the Festival website www.TrentonQuiltFestival.com, or contact the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shoppe, (352) 463-3842.
