Presented by Pamela Weeks
Where: New Ipswich Library, 6 Main Street, New Ipswich, NH 03071
When: February 25th at 6:30 p.m.
New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell: Presented by Pamela Weeks
Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heartwarming tales of service and tradition. Quilting is NOT just an American art; nearly every world culture that has cold weather uses quilted textiles. Pamela Weeks weaves world history, women’s history, industrial history and just plain wonderful stories into her presentation. Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Prompted in part by the material culture at hand, the presenter may speak about fashion fads, the Colonial Revival, quilt making for Civil War soldiers, and anything else quilt related she can squeeze in. Pamela Weeks is the Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum. Author of the book Civil War Quilts and articles on quilt history, she lectures nationally on quilt-making and quilt history. Weeks uses quilts to tell stories of the Civil War, women’s history, and industrial history.
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