Join us for the fifth Texile History Forum at Winterthur!

The Forum takes place October 6-7, 2006 at Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, Delaware. This exciting conference brings together textile enthusiasts from all over the country to hear juried paper presentations, participate in hands-on workshops, tour Winterthur’s amazing collection, exchange ideas, and network.

Each person who registers for the two-day conference receives a copy of the Textile History Forum Proceedings, which collects all papers presented at the forum, complimentary admission to all museum galleries and gardens, lunch both days, a special tour of Winterthur, access to all presentations, and the chance to participate in a workshop.

Registration for both days is $185.

For those with tight schedules, there is an optional one-day registration for $125.

On Saturday evening, the Forum will host a banquet and textile auction at the nearby Courtyard Marriott on the University of Delaware’s campus in Newark. All textile enthusiasts are encouraged to attend! The banquet is a wonderful opportunity to meet friends, and the auction is a fun, low-key exchange of textile treasures that helps to fund the next Forum. The cost for the banquet is $32 per person. The auction is free.

If you want to register or have questions, call 866-384-2729 or email rgoody@mybizz.net . We look forward to seeing you at the Forum!

Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 5th
Evening	At Courtyard Marriott, Newark: Early Registration for early arrivals

Friday, October 6th
8:30		Registration at Winterthur – Copeland Lecture Hall
9:15		Opening Remarks and Welcome – Copeland Lecture Hall
9:30		Ann Adams, “’Done Without Spectacles’: Three Generations of a Quaker 
			Family and Their Textiles”
10:00		Mary Robare, “Quaker Networks Revealed in Quilts”
10:30		Break
10:45		Deborah Kraak, “Purple Reign: The History of an Extraordinary Color”
11:15		Christel Baldia, “The Use of Colorants in Hopewell Textiles from the Seip 
			Mound Group in Southern Ohio”
11:45		Kimberly Wulfert, “John Hewson’s Printed Textiles: 28 and Counting”
12:15		Lunch
1:30		Workshops and Tours of Winterthur
3:00		Workshops and Tours of Winterthur

Saturday, October 7th
9:00		Opening Remarks
9:30		Sandra Sider, “Origins of American Art Quilts: Politics and Technology”
10:00		John Lovett, “Research and Restoration of a Nineteenth-Century 
			Textile Machinery Collection”
10:30		Break
10:45		Ron Walter, “Decorated Hetchels”
11:15		Sandy Heffernan, “Peasant? The Transformation of an Aesthetic”
11:45		Caryn Koch-Esterline, “Mary Alexander: Fashioning Colonial New York”
12:15		Lunch
1:30		Gary Laube, “The New England Pine Tree Flag”
2:00		Melodie Sweeney, “The Flowering of the Rose Blanket”
2:30		Deb McClintock, “The Lao Khao Tam Huuk—One of the Foundations of 
			Lao Pattern Weaving”
3:00		Break
3:15		Works In Progress: Phyllis Dean, Martha Graham, Rabbit Goody, Sandra Rux

Evening	At the Courtyard Marriott in Newark, Delaware:
5:30		Ballroom opens for vendors and auction preview
6:30		Banquet in Ballroom
8:00		Auction in Ballroom

Sunday, October 8th 
10:00		Textile Discovery Day at Winterthur