Stitches in Time: American Quilts 1800-1976

Stitches in Time: American Quilts 1800–1976 Sunday, September 27 @ 2 pm Oakland Public Library, Community Room ​RSVP at bccls.libcal.com/event/17313755 Free Admission | All Are Welcome | Refreshments Provided Sponsored by the Oakland Public Library; Organized by the Oakland Historical Society ​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. usrhistoricalsociety.org/shop/book-stitched-woven-bergen-county-quilts-coverlets Oakland - Meeting Room