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A Trip To Windham Textile Museum (Part 1)

June 13, 2016 by Clara Nartey 4 Comments

Last Saturday, I spent my day at the Windham Textile Museum, in the town of Willimantic, CT.  

Trip to Windham textile museum
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It was over an hour drive to get there. Driving through the country, seeing, cattle, horses, and lots and lots of woods was so calming. Except for my youngest son asking every now and then – “are we there yet”, I would totally have lost track of time. It was beautiful scenery.

windham textile museum

The occasion? Well, they were having an event called “Textile Trio 2016”, which I thought would be a good opportunity to give my children some cultural experience and at the same time, give me a chance to visit the museum.

When we drove into the town, we saw this beautiful three wheeled car driving in the opposite direction.  I love cars with character. I noticed that it drove into a nearby plaza.  So believe it or not,  I made a u-turn the first opportunity I got, drove back, found the plaza and started looking around the parking lot for the car. My children spotted it first.  Three wheelers are supposedly a “thing” now.

Side Attraction

windham textile museum
Three-Wheeled Car (Motorcycle)

After that, we continued (this time, non-stop) to the event. It was in the building next to the Windham Textile Museum called the Dugan Building. Events included demos, lectures, music, and food. A couple of my friends from SAQA, had booths to sell their work and do demos. It was a fun and festive atmosphere.

Music at Windham Textile Museum

windham textile museum
Musician at the Dugan Building

This talented woman entertained the crowd with music that she composes based on the stories behind the quilts on display.

Sewing Demos at Windham Textile Museum

Wyndham Textile Museum Sewing Machine Demo
Seeing Machine Demo- Back in the Day

Isn’t that cute? Look at that sewing machine!! (I’ll show you more of these antique machines in part 2 when we go inside the main building of the museum). Look, she’s even dressed in the right fashion for that century. And  he irony of it is that right next to her was a demo of a modern computerized sewing machine which was sewing all by itself without anyone sitting behind it.  Oh how far, we’ve come!!

Demo @ Windham Textile Museum
Computerized Embroidery Machine Demo

Brother’s sewing machine XV8500D also known as the Dream Machine is quite impressive. It scans your photos and drawings right there on the sewing machine without the need for a computer. It then digitizes the scan into embroidery onto your fabric for you. You can set it, walk away and have it do all the sewing. Neat, huh?

Vendor Booths

Cathy Smith at Windham Textile Museum
Cathy Whall Smith and one of her Straw/ Marshmallow Quilts
Joan Johnston at Windham Textile Museum
Joan Blade Johnston at her MJ Fiber Art Booth
Carol Eaton at Windham Textile Museum
Carol Eaton with her beautiful hand-dyed fabrics

My SAQA Friends and I

Friends at Windham Textile Museum
My SAQA Friends (Carol and Cathy) and I

It was a fun and relaxing event.  I actually got to sit down for a few hours without thinking about any to do lists – that was great. My children learned to weave baskets – and they actually enjoyed it. Thanks Bev.

weaving at Windham Textile Museum
Bev is teaching my son to weave
woven Baskets at Wyndham Textile Museum
Woven Baskets at Windham Textile Museum

After the Dugan Building, we made our way to the main building of the Windham Textile Museum.  I’ll tell you all about that in part two of this post, so stay tuned.

Warmest Regards,

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Comments

  1. Beth Berman says

    June 14, 2016 at 7:12 am

    Looks like fun!!

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  2. Clara says

    June 14, 2016 at 7:49 am

    It was lots of fun and a very relaxing atmosphere – no pressure.

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  3. Aretha says

    June 16, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Nice!

    Reply
  4. Clara says

    June 16, 2016 at 10:06 am

    Nice indeed. We enjoyed our day!!

    Reply

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