The 34th Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival

April 5-6, 2024

Algood, Tennessee

Over 600 quilts, quilted items, and needlework art on display at six sites 

(Hope Church Multi-Purpose Room, and 931 Bldg; Burton’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Algood City Hall, Algood United Methodist Church and White Plains House)

Lunch available courtesy of The Clark House and at the Algood United Methodist Church

Best of Show Award. 

Preview Dinner and Auction – Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at Hope Church in Algood, TN

Home and Barn Tour on Thursday, April 4, 2024

2023 Best of Show by Faye Daily

2023 Show Stopper by Anne Barrett

2023 Winning Quilts

2024 quilt poster v2

Testimonials

Just wanted to tell you and all the people who worked on the quilt festival how wonderful my sister and I thought it was. We have gone to our share of these festivals and we thought it was the best! We liked how you had the quilts displayed at different locations and of course the best was the tour of quilt patterns on barns. We are looking forward to next year.
Lynn Calcota and Connie Denton
Palestine, TX
Let me begin by saying, “WOW”, you all put on a GREAT event! I was part of the group of ladies attending Thursday and Friday from Monroe County, KY. We all had a GREAT time! And every one of us was inspired! I thought my vehicle was full of chatter on the way down, but that was nothing compared to the trip back home!! The Barn and Home Tour was a very nice mix of quilts, local history, shopping, unique dining AND the great outdoors. We all enjoyed it. And, oh my gosh! I loved the lady at the white house! What an inspiration! As we came home, we discussed and pretty well designed a tour for our 2018 event! We will be finalizing it in the near future. You can watch for details at http://parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/old-mulkey/events.aspx. Thursday night’s dinner was GREAT! Not just the food, but the whole thing! There was such a feeling of community there! We just couldn’t get over the support you had from your elected officials and the banks!! We are sooooooo jealous! Everywhere we went, everyone we talked to was polite! There were no exceptions to that! Oh course, the frosting on the cake was sitting at the auctioneer’s table. Talk about an advocate for his community! Wow, you all should give him a prize! Thanks to him, I will be attending the upcoming “Cooking on the Square”. 2018 is the year of Food for Kentucky and I might host a similar event here. Friday was GREAT too! We made so many good contacts and got so many great ideas! I think EVERY one of us purchased something at the Country Store. We found all the stops right away except for the nursing home. But one quick correction and we were able to get to it easily enough. I am already looking forward to coming back next year and bringing my mother. And I’m challenging our local quilters to participate in your show. Security is always a question for them, but from what I saw, you all have that covered! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. We really appreciated it. You all did a wonderful job! Congrats on a GREAT event.
Sheila Rush, Manager, Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site, 38 Old Mulkey Park Road, Tompkinsville, KY 42167
Home of the annual “Celebration of Quilts & Quilting”
A HUGE thanks go to you, your board, and cheerful volunteers. We were impressed by so many aspects from the street post festival banners (that helped build anticipation) and the well placed signage at destination spots, to the workshop and variety of quilts on view. And that does not even touch our fantastic homemade lunch and that fried apple pie!!! The hospitality was truly special and I appreciate all you personally did to make our visit one for the books. I know successfully coordinating something as large as the festival takes commitment, countless hours, buckets of patience, and super herding skills. You made it look easy. Thank you for your thoughtful parting tokens. I was charmed.
Krishna Adams Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media, and Design Tennessee Arts Commission 401 Charlotte Avenue Nashville, TN 37243 O: 615.532.9798
Cultivating the arts for the benefit of all Tennesseans and their communities.
Thanks so much for sharing all of the pictures and the follow-up report. You get a five-star rating. I must tell you that I have worked in Tourism for about 40 years and dealt with a lot of festivals. I work with a non-profit group in southern Middle Tennessee called Tennessee's Backroads Heritage. Over that many years, I have seen a lot but I have to say that this event with the coverage, follow-up, youth involvement, etc. is one of the best I have ever seen for a small town. Your event was over the top. Kudos to you and all of your team.
Linda Murray
Tennessee’s Backroads Heritage