Saturday Mar 18, 2017
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Saturday, March 18
10 a.m.
Central Schoolhouse
103 S. Maple Street
Mount Prospect, IL
FREE
The American quilt is an art form that continues to thrive more than 200 years after we gained our independence and began to put our distinctive spin on the quilts we knew from the British Isles. Riots of color and pattern, mind-boggling craftsmanship, humor, pain, love - each quilt tells a story, whether it is a Log Cabin from 1818 or a modern-day design made from a pattern downloaded from the Internet.
Mary Fons, an accomplished quilter, teacher, writer, and co-host of Love of Quilts on public television, will present a dynamic lecture about the history of the American quilt. It will feature beautiful images of quilts representing a wide variety of styles and traditions and spanning the history of quilting in the United States. It will demonstrate the strength and distinctiveness of the Illinois Roads Scholar Speakers Bureau will discuss "The Quilt: America's Greatest Creative Legacy" in Mount Prospect's newly restored one-room schoolhouse. The Mount Prospect "Sew-Be-It" quilters will also have an assortment of quilts on display during the program. Space is limited. To register, contact (847) 392-9006 or www.mtphist.org
Printed courtesy of www.mountprospectchamber.org – Contact the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce for more information.
3400 W. Stonegate Blvd. , Arlington Heights, IL 60005 – – info@mountprospectchamber.org