Presentation: Wool Quilts and Forgotten Fabrics

In-person event!

Wool Quilts and Forgotten Fabrics

On Saturday, December 11 at 1pm, come join us at the West Tisbury Library for an in-person presentation on Depression-era quilts with Peggy Hart. Peggy is a production weaver and teacher. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and worked as a weaver in one of the last mills in Rhode Island. As a sidebar to her interest in the US woolen and worsted industry, she is studying wool quilts made from mill samples and recycled wool clothes. 

About the presentation:
“If a quilt is defined as a sewn blanket pieced from scraps of fabric, wool is not the fabric most often associated with quilts. For many quilt makers, cotton is the fabric of choice. However, over centuries in many countries, wool has been used to make quilts. I am studying Depression era American quilts made both from recycled clothes and commercial mill swatch samples.

Many quilts are anonymous, without provenance, but offer clues about time and place in the type of fabric used, especially the quilts made from mill samples. Wool quilts in America in particular showcase the variety of textures, weights, and patterns of wool fabrics that are now forgotten: broadcloth, flannel, cassimere, challis, and menswear woolen and worsted fabrics.”

This event is free and open to the public. Mask required. There’s no sign up required to attend.