Quilts and Quilt Makers of Connecticut lecture at Museum of Darien on November 3

Quilts and Quilt Makers’ a lecture open to the public at the Museum of Darien, will feature Sue Reich, quilt historian and author, and quilts from her collection, on November 3rd at 7pm.

Tickets, available at museumofdarien.org are $20 for members, $30 for non-members.

Concurrently, ‘Bits and Pieces’, an exhibit of 18th, 19th and 20th-century quilts from the collection at the Museum of Darien will be on display in the museum’s historic Scofield Barn and Bates-Scofield House.

Sue Reich began quilt making as a young child at her grandmother's farmhouse in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. She was a young mother in Cleveland, Ohio when the current quilt revival began during the Bicentennial. Upon moving to Connecticut in 1980, she participated in the Connecticut Quilt Search Project, and was instrumental in the writing and publication of Quilts and Quiltmakers Covering Connecticut. This experience launched her career in writing books on quilt history, particularly World War I quilts, World War II quilts, Presidential and Patriotic quilts, and various quilt subjects. Her articles on quilt history have appeared in many national magazines. She also lectures nationally and has curated exhibits at The National Quilt Museum, the Huntsville Art Museum, the Museum of Science and Energy, the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, the Benton County History Museum and the New England Quilt Museum.

‘Bits and Pieces’, an exhibit of 18th, 19th and 20th century quilts from the collection at the Museum of Darien is open from October 14 through November 23rd, with visiting hours on Tuesdays through Thursdays, from 11am to 4pm. Admission is $5. Featured at the exhibit are the Rail Fence Quilt, the Trowbridge Crazy Quilt and the oldest quilt in the show, a Wholecloth Quilt, sewn in 1790. For more information, visit the Museum’s website at museumofdarien.org or call 203.655.9233. The Museum of Darien is located at 45 Old King’s Highway in Darien, CT.