Textile Conservation Workshop

• Event Date: Saturday, May 5, 2007
• Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL

• Workshop

Spurlock Museum and the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild

Want to keep a family wedding dress in good shape for your daughter? Wonder if that heirloom tablecloth was crocheted or tatted? Join the Spurlock Museum’s Collections Manager, Christa Deacy-Quinn, and members of the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild for an afternoon of textile identification and conservation tips. Participants are asked to bring in one textile from home. They will receive a conservation booklet for later reference. No appraisals will be given on items brought to the workshop.

This event is held in conjunction with the Campbell Gallery exhibit “Why Knot?” The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Spurlock Museum Guild. It is sponsored in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.