Stitches In Time: American Quilts 1800-1976

Join us as we kick-off our Fall lecture series with a topic related to some items you may have seen around town… quilts! In July, the Oakland Historical Society installed a display of three commemorative quilts made by our Members and Students from Manito School. These quilts, on display at the Oakland Public Library and the Oakland Senior Center (until mid-August) celebrate the art of quilting while commemorating the 1976 Bicentennial, Oakland's Tercentenary, and the Van Allen House. Come see these quilts, as well as others provided by our speaker, and learn about the history of American quilting.

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Stitches in Time: American Quilts 1800–1976
Sunday, September 27 @ 2 pm
Oakland Public Library, Community Room
Free Admission | All Are Welcome | Refreshments Provided
Sponsored by the Oakland Public Library; Organized by the Oakland Historical Society

​RSVP at bccls.libcal.com/event/17313755

While quilts have decorated our beds and kept us warm for two centuries, they also tell the stories about our families and our communities.

Peggy W. Norris, a historian, genealogist, librarian, author, quilter, member of the American Quilt Study Group, and past-President of the Brownstone Quilters Guild will share the history of American quilts using examples from Bergen County museums.

She will also have a limited number of copies of Stitched and Woven: Bergen County Quilts and Coverlets, 1800-1976, compiled by Peggy W. Norris and Key Yeomans with the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Committee. Published in 2021, the 160-page full-color hardcover book costs $25 and features regional textiles, maker histories, and private collections.
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