"Put a Roof Over Our Head" Quilt Gallery
Sponsored by Bernina of America and The Electric Quilt Company
Quilts were donated to The Alliance for American Quilts in celebration of its move to Asheville, North Carolina in 2006, and auctioned in 2007 after touring the U.S. The Alliance thanks all the artists and auction bidders! Quilts measure 19.5" x 15" and are displayed in the order they were received.
1. "Cover Us" |
2. "Toolman" |
3. "Red Hearts in a New Home" |
4. "Our House" |
5. "Wings of Love" |
6. "Icon - Domestic Goddess" |
7. "Welcome Home!" |
8. "Welcome to Asheville" |
9. "Welcome to Buncombe County" |
10. "Under One Roof" |
11. "A is for..." (Alliance in Asheville) |
12. "Carolina Canopy" |
13. "House of Man" |
14. "Love Nest" |
15. "A Web is Home for a Spider" |
16. "A House is a Home for Me" |
17. "A Crow Builds Its Home in a Tree" |
18. "A Slug Feels at Home in the Garden" |
19. "Carolina Sunrise" |
20. "True is True" |
21. "The Swallows of San Juan" |
22. "One Darn Thing After Another" |
23. "Whole-Cloth House" |
24. "Moon over Miami, Shine on My Love and Me" |
25. "Everyone Needs a Roof Over Their Head" |
26. "Playing with the Quilt Muse" |
27. "Mountain Homecoming" |
28. "A House Divided" |
29. "Carmisha's House" |
30. "Day Break at the Beach" |
31. "Military Road Spring" |
32. "View from the Porch" |
33. "A Shelter for Our Heritage" |
34. "At Home in the Mountains" |
35. "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" |
36. "Millie" |
37. "Welcome" |
38. "Off The Top of My Head" |
39. "Mountain Cabin" |
40. "Heads It Is" |
41. "Fun House" |
42. "Abode, 2006" |
43. "Art: A Heady Experience" |
44. "Whitewater View" |
45. "Making a Home" |
46. "Altogether Now" |
47. "Home Tweet Home" |
48. "The Quilter" |
49. "House Among the Flowers" |
50. "Home at Last" |
51. "Open the Door" |
52. "Set Down Roots in Asheville and the Sky's the Limit for Growth" |
53. "Happy is the House that Shelters Friends" |
54. "Welcome - Bienvenido" |
55. "Teahouse" |
56. "Home is Where" |
57. "One Crazy World" |
58. "Diversity Under One Roof" |
59. "Primrose Lane" |
60. "House of Mom" |
61. "The Fish House" |
62. "McKim's Honeymoon Cottage" |
63. "Casa del Sol" |
64. "Let Your House Be A Home" |
65. "House of Enduring Love" |
66. "House of Character" |
67. "The Gingerbread House Gets A New Roof" |
68. "House of Spirits" |
69. "Amish Barn Raised" |
70. "Homage" |
71. "Cat House" |
72. "Contest Quilt" |
73. "Tree House" |
74. "Pretty Girl in the Greenhouse, Thinking She's a Jungle Cat" |
The Alliance for American Quilts announced the winners of the "Put a Roof Over Our Head" contest at the Asheville Quilt Guild show on August 3, 2006. The announcement made by Karen Musgrave, curator and Alliance board member, was part of the celebrations around The Alliance's move to Asheville, North Carolina. Alliance members voted for the three winners from the 74 quilts entered into the contest. Third place winner Ellen Levine of Asheville won a Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories interview. Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories is one of The Alliance's oral history projects. Second place winner Ann Holmes, also of Asheville, won a complete software package donated by The Electric Quilt Company. The first place quilt was a group quilt made by Keti Kasrashvili, Irina Lavrinenko and Nino Chargeishvili of the Republic of Georgia. Their prize is a Bernina Aurora 440 QE sewing machine donated by Bernina USA.