Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (LMHS), 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, will offer Antique Quilt Turning on Tuesday, March 24. The morning session will take place from 10 a.m. to noon, and the afternoon session will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The up-close-and-personal event will begin with viewers gathered around a stack of antique quilts curated from the LMHS museum collection. Barbara Garrett, a local quilt historian, will review each quilt, providing the background, pointing out unique features, and telling stories. After each quilt is featured, it will be turned off the stack, and the next quilt will come into view.
Garrett developed her expertise during 45-plus years of researching and documenting Pennsylvania German quilts of southeastern Pennsylvania. Participants will learn about the makers and their worlds, fabrics, styles, and patterns unique to the quilts in this region.
The two-hour event is intended to fit into travel plans for visitors attending the Lancaster Quilt Show or AQS Quilt Show. There is a cost to attend, and LMHS members will receive a discount. To register, readers may call LMHS at 717-393-9745 or visit http://bit.ly/QuiltAM for the morning session or http://bit.ly/QuiltPM for the afternoon session.
A paid reservation will include complimentary admission to LMHS' museum exhibit, "Decorated and Plain: An Amish and Mennonite Sampler." On March 24 only, the exhibit will display 12 quilts not included in the quilt turning. The display will include the newly acquired, well-known Diamond Sampler quilt, acclaimed as "the greatest quilt ever to come from Lancaster County." For visitors not participating in the Antique Quilt Turning, there will be a separate exhibit admission fee.
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