On Saturday morning, November 7, four artists will set up inside the Purcellville Train Station at 200 North 21st Street. Jim Haller brings pen-and-ink drawings built from stippling. KarenLee Fabric Design brings quilts and textiles, Patricia Stephenson brings wearable and decorative pieces in wool and felt, and Eric Wickstrom brings photography. That's one stop out of nine. This year's tour runs from the brick depot on 21st Street to a lavender farmlet on Telegraph Springs Road, with a vineyard tasting room on Harpers Ferry Road in between.
The seventh annual Purcellville Artisan Tour runs Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Purcellville Arts Council sponsors it. The Town's online calendar shows November 6 and 7 in its date field. The Town's October 9 news release and the tour's own site both give Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8.
The tour numbers its stops one through nine, and the map shows them that way. On the ground, the tour works as two different outings. Six stops sit on town streets, close enough together to treat as one afternoon. The other three are out on county roads, and each one needs its own drive. Shops opening at different hours and a farm season that ends around the tour weekend make it matter which half you do first.
Six Addresses in Town, Three on County Roads
Here is the 2026 lineup, sorted by where each stop sits instead of by its number.
| Stop | Address | Who's there | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 785 South 20th Street | Purcellville Makersmiths, with facility tours and member work | In town |
| 3 | 511 South Nursery Avenue | Geoff DeMark, pottery; Lori DeMark, jewelry | In town |
| 4 | 516 South Nursery Avenue | Joe Baker, ink and mixed media | In town |
| 5 | 200 North 21st Street | Purcellville Train Station: Haller, KarenLee Fabric Design, Stephenson, Wickstrom | In town |
| 6 | 201 North Maple Avenue, Suite 207 | Station Stitchers, heritage quilts | In town |
| 7 | 725 East Main Street | Eleven Eleven Brewing Company, Jenn Bodamer, Cheryl Chirillo | In town |
| 1 | 19929 Telegraph Springs Road | Blooming Hill, lavender products and giclée prints | County road |
| 8 | 37797 Drawbridge Way | Amy Berringer, photography, painting and ceramics | County road |
| 9 | 14001 Harpers Ferry Road | 868 Estate Vineyards gallery; Lizzy B. Javier, acrylic and watercolor | County road |
Most of this year's changes landed in the in-town group. The 2025 tour, the sixth, ran November 1 and 2 with eight stops. The 2026 tour adds two addresses. Joe Baker now has his own stop at 516 South Nursery Avenue, which shares a street with the DeMarks at 511. Station Stitchers adds a quilting stop in Suite 207 at 201 North Maple Avenue. Jim Haller, KarenLee Fabric Design and Cheryl Chirillo are new to the published roster. Patricia Stephenson and Eric Wickstrom are back at the Train Station. The organizers count more than 20 artists across the nine stops.
The Walking Half Has the Most Artists per Stop
Half the town cluster's appeal is how many people you can meet in a short distance. The Train Station alone holds four artists, and the two Nursery Avenue addresses add three more. Makersmiths at 785 South 20th Street lists nine members by name for the weekend: Diane Bollinger, Courtney Cline, Melinda Gretsinger, Dawn Martin, Kiran Martin, Cricket Pagnano, Diane Painter, Glenda Skelley and Lucile Weschler.
Makersmiths is the only stop that offers a look behind the counter. Makersmiths calls itself a shared community workspace for making, learning and working together. Its tools cover woodworking, laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics, metalwork, ceramics and sewing. The tour release says visitors can tour the facility as well as see members' work. If you've driven past the building on South 20th Street and wondered what goes on inside, this weekend is an open invitation.
At the other end of the cluster, Stop 6 puts heritage quilts in a second-floor suite on North Maple Avenue. Pair it with the textile work at the Train Station and you can see two very different takes on fabric in one short stretch of town.
Before the tour, many of the artists showed work at Purcellville Town Hall in a Sneak Peek Art Show tied to Celebrate Purcellville week, October 10 through 17.
Noon Decides the Order Inside Town
The tour opens at 11 a.m. Not every stop's own business does. Eleven Eleven Brewing Company at 725 East Main Street posts weekend hours of noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday, and notes that hours may vary. The brewery serves pizza and shareable bites. Its owners started planning a brewery in 2013 and later bought an existing Purcellville brewery. On tour days it is also where Jenn Bodamer shows wheel-thrown pottery and Cheryl Chirillo shows photography.
That makes Stop 7 the natural place for lunch and a bad place to start. A sensible in-town order begins at Makersmiths or South Nursery Avenue at 11. From there, move to the Train Station and North Maple Avenue, and reach East Main Street once the taps are open. Then the afternoon is free for the drive.
The Driving Half Runs on the Farm Calendar
The three county-road stops look like they could wait until Sunday. Two of them have reasons to go sooner.
Blooming Hill at 19929 Telegraph Springs Road is Stop 1. It's a four-acre farmlet with about 1,000 lavender plants, gardens, and a garden gift shop selling lavender products and crafts. The shop opened in April 2010. For the tour, it adds giclée prints of western Loudoun's historic towns. Blooming Hill's site says its season ends around the beginning of November. That puts the tour right at the end of the year's open days. If lavender sachets are on your holiday list, this weekend may be the last easy chance to buy them at the farm until spring.
Stop 9 is 868 Estate Vineyards at 14001 Harpers Ferry Road. Its tasting room doubles as a gallery of local artists, the shows change with the seasons, and the gallery is open whenever the tasting room is. The Ann Barbieri show listed there runs only through November 1, so it will be gone by tour weekend. Lizzy B. Javier's acrylics and watercolors are the tour feature at this stop. Group size matters here too. The winery's FAQ says it doesn't take reservations for groups under six and requires them for groups of eight or more. Outside food is allowed only in the picnic area. If you're bringing the extended family, book ahead.
Amy Berringer's stop at 37797 Drawbridge Way is the tour's only solo studio out in the county. She shows photography, painting and ceramics. The tour site offers both an interactive and a static map. Use them to place her stop between the lavender farm and the vineyard before you leave town.
Fitting the Weekend Together
Taken together, the hours point to one plan:
- Saturday, 11 a.m.: Start in town at Makersmiths and the two South Nursery Avenue studios, then the Train Station and Station Stitchers.
- Saturday, noon or later: Lunch at Eleven Eleven and visit the two artists showing there.
- Saturday afternoon: Drive out to Blooming Hill while the farm season is still open, then Amy Berringer.
- Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Finish at 868 Estate Vineyards and any town stop you missed. Book ahead if your group is eight or more.
Saturday evening has its own option a few miles out. The Town calendar lists the Saint Cecelia Harvest Wine Dinner and Ball at Shiloh Manor Farm, 14781 Berlin Turnpike, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on November 7. It features a farm-to-table menu with Magnolias, musicians from the Greater Washington Folklore Society, and dances called by Dan Gillespie. The tour closes at 5, so the two fit together without a rush.
If you miss the weekend, two later November events also lean on local makers:
- The Catoctin Holiday Art Tour, presented by Lovettsville Artists and their Guests, runs November 14 and 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with 20 artists at nine studios.
- Dirt Farm Brewing's eighth annual Christmas Market runs November 28 and 29 with local artisan vendors, and the event page lists 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Sunday.
Neither one includes Purcellville's in-town studios, and neither is timed to the end of the lavender season on Telegraph Springs Road.
Kristin grew up in Philomont, a few miles down the road, and the tour roster reads like a map of the western Loudoun she knows. If you're out this weekend and start picturing a studio, a barn workshop or a quiet acre of your own, Kristin Dillon-Johnson would be glad to hear about it. Schedule a free consultation and we'll talk over what you saw.