Textile Duo at the Windham Textile & History Museum

Windham Textile & History Museum

411 Main Street and 159 Union Street; Willimantic, CT 06226

Phone: 860-456-2178

E-mail: themillmuseum@gmail.com

http://www.millmuseum.org

Hours of Operation

Fri, Sat & Sun  – 10 am – 4 pm

Admission:  Adults: $7.00 • Students, Seniors $5 • Groups: $4

Museum Members & Kids Club Members: Free

Guided Tours: Sunday 2:00 pm

Self Guided Tours are during hours of operation

Parking Is directly across the street.

June 1^st – June 30^th, 2017

Invitational Fiber Art/Quilt Show– “Locally Inspired” 

Solo Show – Sheila Rae Lutz

June 10^th - Quilting & Fiber Arts Day – The speakers and vendors for this day include:

Speakers

10:00 a.m. - Hope Barton – SAQACT and SAQA Traveling Quilt Show talk and display

11:00 a.m. - Martha Sielman, Author – Art Quilts International “Abstract & Geometric”

Noon - Music & Lunch available at the museum 

     - Allison Wilbur –Sashiko Stitching

1:00 p.m. - Patricia Ferguson - How to Hang Quilts/Fiber Art

2:00 p.m. - Lois Palmer – Anatomy of a Quilt Appraisal – Description: The steps used when doing a quilt appraisal

3:00 p.m. - Jamie Eves, Executive Director WTHM – "Connecticut and the History of Early Sewing Machines." with a focus on 19th-century machines including the Singer with ties to Connecticut

4:00 p.m. Day ends

 Vendors and on-going Demonstrations 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

- Allison Wilbur

- Carol Eaton Designs

- Catherine Whall Smith

- Dawn Allen

-  Joan Blade Johnson

- Mary Lachman

- Michele Palmer

- Patricia Ferguson

- Schiller’s Sewing Circle

- Stitch Chicks Fabric Store