Connie Brown Textiles

03/18/2026

Quilts With American Spirit, March 19 & 20,2026 from 10 to 4pm at the Folk Art Center, milepost 382 of The Blue Ridge Parkway

03/08/2026

March 19 & 20, 2026, special exhibit to honor America250, Quilts With American Spirit at the Folk Art center milepost 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Come visit with me!

To commemorate National Quilting Day, the Southern Highland Craft Guild is presenting the exhibit Quilts with American Spirit and quilting demonstrations by master quilter and educator Connie Brown.

02/23/2026

I happened to be at the right place at the right time yesterday. I do love sharing the details of the Parkway Quilt with folks but what a surprise to find out it was a quilt trour!

02/07/2026

Here's a sneak peek of my America250 project. Straight lines should be straight, ha ha easier said than done.

11/24/2025

https://youtu.be/heYcTgTsZ_M?si=D4REAG3NTyMXNcD- During my demo a visitor asked if he could take a video and post it. He was great and I did my best to to give short answers. Thanks John, nice job!

ASHEVILLE 2.0 LINKSHave that goddamn glass of wine, America - and stop trying to control everything! Sheesh! (5/3/25, 4’)https://youtu.be/ix1x9Su7gqo?si=hrHx...

11/22/2025

Come visit with me at the historic Grove Arcade Nov 22 & 23, demonstrating for Southern Highland Craft Guild. The building is beautiful! Demonstrating on a Singer Featherweight from my friend at WPVM .grovearcade .103.7

09/20/2025

Set up for Heritage Weekend, hope to see you there. Come talk with crafters, hear some music, storytelling, and guess how many diamonds in these two antique quilts. Warm up your whimmy di**le, the world Gee Haw Whimmy Di**le Competition is Saturday Sept 20 at 2pm. Anyone, any age, you can enter.

07/03/2025

05/22/2025

and here is Sunday's line-up

05/22/2025

Here's Saturday's line-up, No admission fee, come for one, two or all.

04/15/2025

Alice McElwain is the lone certified quilt appraiser in the entire state of Arkansas. She’s an outlier for sure, but her passion to study quilts and determine their value is endless. In fact, while some people often sit down to read the newspaper, Alice sits down to read quilts. With each quilt, s...