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November 9, 2013 - Vermont Weaving History, A Work in Progress

Julie Singer George

During the summer and fall of 2005, four members of the Vermont Weavers’ Guild along with VHS registrar, Mary Rogstadt, documented every textile in the VHS collection. Among the information gathered was the approximate age, type of weave structure, type of piece, size, materials used and other notes regarding the weaving. The four VWG members included, Kate Smith of Eaton Hill Textiles and the Marshfield School of Weaving, Trudy Otis, Katherine Clark and Julie Singer George.

Among the coverlets and linens were a number of intriguing linens in a lace structure called “spot weaves” or Bronson Spot. Julie photographed and photocopied most of the pieces and then analyzed the patterns, first on graph paper and then entered into a computer weaving program. Once she had created the draft, she wove samples of many of the linens she had documented. Julie will talk and show photographs and the samples about each step of the process, as well as other Vermont coverlets, currently on display at the Shelburne Museum. Documentation of the VHS study, the book “Echoes from Our Ancestors,” written by other VWG members about the Shelburne Museum coverlet collection project, the guild undertook back in the mid-90s, and woven samples will be on display at the meeting. Also, on display will be some Tennessee coverlets and a newly acquired early jacquard coverlet. While not related to Vermont, it will be fun to look at these full size examples of some of the textiles being discussed.

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