Its a big one for sure! I try to pick up a lot of gifts for friends and family--they have just about a little of everything for sale. We try to go every year whether I buy anything or not. Just seeing so much in one place! Of course theer are usually 2 or 3 quilts being raffled off as well.
Yancey and Mitchell County have a grant from Handmade in America and they are promoting quilting in America by putting wooden "quilts" up on barns and houses in the area. You can even sign up and request one to be put up on your house or barn at no cost. Of course they will also take donations to help the grant money go further and have work days throughout the year to work on the "quilts" painting, etc. Its really neat. Their is a community 15 miles from Burnsville called BeeLog and their school building has the log cabin pattern on it. A very peaceful place and my front porch is about my favorite spot when we get up there.
Whew, I didn't mean to write a book, but I love that place!