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Fiber Arts - Textiles

An Evening With Bernie’s Mitten Maker

April 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bernie's Mitten MakerPhoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont, will host Jen Ellis to celebrate the release of her new book, Bernie’s Mitten Maker (Green Writers Press, 2023), the story behind Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ infamous inaugural mittens, on Tuesday, May 2nd.

[Read more…] about An Evening With Bernie’s Mitten Maker

Filed Under: Arts, Events Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Burlington, Fiber Arts - Textiles

William Henry Arlt’s Painting ‘Flowers’ Being Conserved

December 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Flowers, William H. Arlt, 1949The Historical Society of Woodstock‘s goal of conserving works in need of care in its fine art collection received a boost this month when the Historical Society was awarded a grant of $2,750 to conserve an important floral still life on paper by William Henry Arlt (1868-1952).

The grant, from New York State Council on the Arts and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s Conservation Grant Program, will be used to conserve the gouache which dates from 1949. [Read more…] about William Henry Arlt’s Painting ‘Flowers’ Being Conserved

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: art, Fiber Arts - Textiles, German-American History, Historic Preservation, Historical Society of Woodstock, Ulster County, Woodstock

Textile History Forum 2023 Call For Papers

November 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Textiles ConferenceThe Textile History Forum has announced a call for papers for the 2023 Forum, set for July 21st through 23rd, at the Lone Rock Farm in Marshfield, Vermont. [Read more…] about Textile History Forum 2023 Call For Papers

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Fiber Arts - Textiles, Vermont

Art Supplies Thrift Shop Opens In The Adirondacks

September 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

bluseed studios in saranac lakeThe Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of Shop at TheBlu, a new art supplies thrift shop at BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake with a ribbon cutting. [Read more…] about Art Supplies Thrift Shop Opens In The Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Adirondacks, Fiber Arts - Textiles, painting, Saranac Lake, sculpture

The Silk Train That Killed Financier Spencer Trask

September 13, 2022 by Dave Waite 8 Comments

Ogdensburg Journal, January 3rd, 1910On the morning of December 31, 1909, Saratoga Springs philanthropist and financier Spencer Trask was just waking up after a night in a railroad sleeping car at the rear of the Montreal Express. The night before this southbound train had picked up Trask in Saratoga as it made its way toward New York City.

At 8:03 am, only moments after the express train had stopped unexpectedly on the mainline near Croton, Westchester County, New York, a train transporting bales of raw silk crashed into its rear, killing Trask, the porter in his sleeping car, and injuring several other of the passengers. While the direct cause of this deadly wreck pointed to a failure of signal equipment and railroad personnel, events leading up to the tragedy had been put into motion six thousand miles to the west seventeen days earlier. [Read more…] about The Silk Train That Killed Financier Spencer Trask

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Croton, Fiber Arts - Textiles, Industrial History, Maritime History, New York Central RR, railroads, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Spencer Trask, Transportation, Transportation History, Westchester County

Suffrage Centennial Embroidery Exhibit Extended Through Summer

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

embroidery by Tisha DoltonThe Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, Warren County, NY, has announced the extension of the current exhibition, Equali-tea: Suffragist Tea Cozies in Redwork: A Centennial Suffrage Exhibition through summer 2021.

The suffrage centennial exhibit is the work of embroiderer Tisha Dolton. [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial Embroidery Exhibit Extended Through Summer

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: exhibits, Fiber Arts - Textiles, Glens Falls

Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

December 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Tredwell Costume CollectionThe Tredwell Costume Collection at Merchant’s House Museum comprises more than 400 articles of clothing, including a remarkable 39 dresses documented to have been owned and worn by the women of the family. Many are outstanding examples of the 19th century dressmaker’s art, composed of fine and delicate fabrics and ornamentation. [Read more…] about Featured Collection: Merchant’s House Costumes

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Fashion History, Featured Collections, Fiber Arts - Textiles, New York City

Artifacts: History’s Primary Sources

November 19, 2019 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

A conference on using artifacts to interpret history by Ryann WiktorkoGeorge Washington’s brown Inauguration suit may have been plain for the times, but it was tailored from American-made broad cloth. The majority of cloth used in the United States in 1789 was imported from Britain, said Eliza West, an expert on 18th century textiles.

Wearing a suit of British-made fabric would have been a faux pas in the young nation that won its independence from Britain, so Washington asked cabinet member Henry Knox, of Fort Ticonderoga fame, to locate a suit of American-made cloth. The irony, West said, is that the cloth was of such quality that many people would not believe it was American made, and accused Washington of political incorrectness any way. [Read more…] about Artifacts: History’s Primary Sources

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Fiber Arts - Textiles, Fort Ticonderoga, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Material Culture, Military History

Barn Quilt Class at TAUNY in Canton

October 9, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pat Dominie quilt makingThe Town of Colton’s Tourism & Beautification Committee is set to present a ‘How-To’ Barn Quilt Class on November 1-3, 2018 at The TAUNY Center located at 53 Main Street in Canton, NY.

This class is being held in conjunction with the 2018 Artists’ Studio Tour across St. Lawrence County on November 3-4 organized by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council. [Read more…] about Barn Quilt Class at TAUNY in Canton

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Canton, Fiber Arts - Textiles, TAUNY

Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller

September 1, 2016 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

ballots bloomers and marmalade book coverAcross the street from the home where Elizabeth Smith Miller designed the bloomers – the “most important dress reform of the 19th Century” according the historic marker in the yard, a biography of Miller will be presented.

At 2 pm on Sunday, September 25, 2016, at the Smithfield Community Center (5255 Pleasant Valley Road Peterboro, NY) Norman K. Dann PhD will speak about his research for his latest book on Peterboro history. Author of Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform, Dann has now turned to research on Smith’s daughter with the Log Cabin Books’ publication of Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller. [Read more…] about Ballots, Bloomers, and Marmalade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Fiber Arts - Textiles, Gender History, Peterboro, Political History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

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