About Us
Asheville Cotton Co. opened in 1997 as a tiny fabric store with a big dream. Shortly after opening, owners Chip and Robin Culbertson began selling and servicing Bernina and Baby Lock sewing machines. They've expanded into Janome and Eversewn machines over recent years as well. With the help of a super friendly, knowledgeable and talented staff, the shop now boasts more than 9000 bolts of quilting cotton, representing more than twenty major brands. Asheville Cotton Co. also offers a variety of classes, bringing in both local and national teachers.
Awards
- Bernina District O Dealer of the Year 2011
Our district is comprised of North Carolina, most of Tennessee, a large portion of Virginia, and West Virginia
- Benartex Fabrics Customer of the Year 2010
- Benartex Fabrics Customer of the Year 2011
- Benartex Fabrics Customer of the Year 2012
- Benartex Fabrics Customer of the Year 2014
- Benartex Fabrics Customer of the Year 2015
- Benartex Fabrics Sales Award 2016 - First Place
- Benartex Fabrics Sales Award 2017 - Fifth Place
- Benartex Fabrics Sales Award 2018 - Third Place
- Benartex Fabrics Sales Award 2017 - Fifth Place
Robin Culbertson
Robin not only loves to sew, but she loves to help other people in their sewing adventures. She especially loves helping customer pick out new sewing machines to match their needs.
Robin enjoys sewing early in the morning before work, and she has made a lot of the quilt samples in the store. She also likes to work on the website and designs quilt patterns and the $5 Quilt Club patterns every month.
She's a good troubleshooter when a machine is having "issues," and as the serger instructor, she's quite familiar with overlock machines, too.
In her spare time, she loves to camp in one of her vintage Shasta trailers with her husband and grandson. She also likes to hang out on her family's farm, where she forages for wild foods.
Robin enjoys sewing early in the morning before work, and she has made a lot of the quilt samples in the store. She also likes to work on the website and designs quilt patterns and the $5 Quilt Club patterns every month.
She's a good troubleshooter when a machine is having "issues," and as the serger instructor, she's quite familiar with overlock machines, too.
In her spare time, she loves to camp in one of her vintage Shasta trailers with her husband and grandson. She also likes to hang out on her family's farm, where she forages for wild foods.
Chip Culbertson
Chip is our head Sewing Machine Service Technician. He has sixteen years of experience and lots of training. He can really make a sewing machine purr!
Chip is also the guy who keeps the business going by paying all the bills.
When he's not working, you can find him hiking (one summer he completed hiking the entire Swannanoa Valley Rim), working out or running, cooking a gourmet meal, tailgating at an Appalachian State University football game, or watching a NASCAR race.
Chip is also the guy who keeps the business going by paying all the bills.
When he's not working, you can find him hiking (one summer he completed hiking the entire Swannanoa Valley Rim), working out or running, cooking a gourmet meal, tailgating at an Appalachian State University football game, or watching a NASCAR race.
Alice Drue Culbertson
You can call her Alice, you can call her Drue. We call her Drue. Either way, she's very helpful when you want to pick out a quilt, and won't stop looking for the perfect fabric until it's... perfect! We often joke about her being the Purple Queen because she loves the color purple.
Drue's also a good machine troubleshooter, and she has mastered "quilt math," so she's a good one to ask when you're unsure of yardage amounts.
When she's not working, Drue is a mom to an awesome six-year-old, and Chip and Robin's daughter. She absolutely loves animals, and has three horses (Shadow, Vanity, and Secret), four cats (Janelle, Storm, Luna, and Mittens), and two dogs (Nancy and Dixie). She also has volunteered for multiple Animal Rescues between McDowell and Buncombe county.
Drue's also a good machine troubleshooter, and she has mastered "quilt math," so she's a good one to ask when you're unsure of yardage amounts.
When she's not working, Drue is a mom to an awesome six-year-old, and Chip and Robin's daughter. She absolutely loves animals, and has three horses (Shadow, Vanity, and Secret), four cats (Janelle, Storm, Luna, and Mittens), and two dogs (Nancy and Dixie). She also has volunteered for multiple Animal Rescues between McDowell and Buncombe county.
Bethany Marler
Bethany started working with us in March of 2015. She has been coming to the store with her mother Janet for the last 13 years to help teach Beginning Quilting.
Bethany loves to help people pick out sewing machines, and she's great with picking out quilts for customers. She can do "quilt math" with ease. She loves to embroider.
She has two dogs and a cat, loves Disney, reading and naps when she is not sewing or working.
Bethany loves to help people pick out sewing machines, and she's great with picking out quilts for customers. She can do "quilt math" with ease. She loves to embroider.
She has two dogs and a cat, loves Disney, reading and naps when she is not sewing or working.
Sydney Faulkner
Sydney has already has learned enough to make many shop samples from only starting to work and sew with us a few short years ago.
Sydney is also a wiz at "quilt math," so she can calculate yardages for customers. She's great with color, and she's a good machine troubleshooter as well. She is also good with sergers, and she loves pairing up customers with the perfect sewing machine or serger.
Sydney is also a wiz at "quilt math," so she can calculate yardages for customers. She's great with color, and she's a good machine troubleshooter as well. She is also good with sergers, and she loves pairing up customers with the perfect sewing machine or serger.
Ginny Benson
Ginny started out by teaching the Machine Mastery classes at ACC way back in the beginning, 21 years ago. Ginny is now once again working with us on Saturdays. She is a wealth of information on sewing machines and accessories.
Katie Collins
Katie is our newest helper. She is learning how to sew and eager to learn how to make clothing. She's really good at getting the fabric back where it belongs after its cut, and she likes to help pick out projects for customers.
If you need advice for costume ideas, Katie's your girl.
If you need advice for costume ideas, Katie's your girl.