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

Arts Center East Off the Rack Sale

Arts Center East in Vernon CT invites you to submit work for their Off the Rack Sale. Sale dates are September 15-18, 2016. Prospectus and entry form are available here: http://artscentereast.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Off-the-Rack-Prospectus-Final.pdf

21st Annual Quilt and Needle Arts Show

First Church of East Haddam is proud to present its 21st Annual Quilt and Needle Arts Show, located in America's Oldest Federal Meetinghouse. When decorated with vibrant quilts and needlework, it is transformed into a spectacular showcase and an inspiration to those of us who appreciate fine handwork. We hope you will be part of this experience! We invite you to share your love of needlework by exhibiting your quilts, cross-stitch, needlepoint, hooked rugs, knitting, crocheting, etc.

Show hours will be 10:00am - 5:00pm on Saturday October 8th and 1:00pm- 5:00pm on Sunday October 9th. Exhibitors should fill out the attached application (click to enlarge)

and mail it before SEPTEMBER 26 to H. Coleman, 140 Sillimanville Rd, Moodus CT 06469. Admission to the show is $7.00 per person, but exhibitors are admitted free of charge.

Submissions are due at the church on Friday, Oct 7th, between 10:00am and 6:00pm and can be picked up immediately after the show (between 5:00 and 7:00pm) on Sunday, Oct 9th. If your submission is for sale, please indicate your asking price on the application form. First Church reserves the right to collect a 20% commission for handling the sale.

Please be assured that your submission will be cared for by members of First Church. (Volunteers will be sleeping in the church on Friday and Sturday nights just to keep an eye on everything!)

More information is available on the website, http://ehquiltshow.sc43.org/

Textile Trio events at the Windham Textile Museum

Mark your calendars for this fantastic three-Saturday event! The Windham Textile Museum is hosting Textile Trio 2016, three days of amazing workshops and vendors. June 11 is Quilting and Fiber Arts - which includes SAQA members: Melanie Johnston, Joan Blade Johnson, Carol Eaton, Allison Wilbur, Michele Palmer, Catherine Smith, Hope Barton, Barbara Barber, Rita Hannafin, and Lois Palmer! This is also your chance to view the SAQA-CT Trunk Show and the WTHM/SAQA-CT Spool quilt. June 18 is a celebration of Worldwide Knit in Public Day, and June 25 features weaving and spinning. I hope you'll make the trip for some textile goodness.