Join WMQFA Executive Director Melissa Wraalstad, Documentation Chair Maribeth Schmit, and Index Manager Darlene Habanek for a FREE virtual chat about the museum’s documentation project.

The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts grew out of quilt documentations. The Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches exhibit is a tribute to that project. But what is a quilt documentation? Why does it matter? And how do they work? Join us to explore quilt documentations, the Quilt Index, and how this all led to WMQFA.

Click here to join the FREE Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87221696032

This program is free, but donations are appreciated! Click here to donate.

This program is possible with the generous support from the American Quilt Study Group, Kohler Foundation, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join WMQFA on Friday, October 2 at noon CDT for a discussion with Navajo Master Weavers Lynda Pete and Barbara Jean Ornelas for discussion about Navajo weaving work, their families, and a bit about Navajo culture.

This program is free via Zoom or the museum’s Facebook page, but donations are appreciated! Click here to make a donation: https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/products/dine-navajo-weaving-virtual-chat

Click here to join the Zoom program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82818332048

Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are the premiere Navajo Tapestry Weavers. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weaver Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas are Tabaaha (Water Edge Clan) and born for the To’aheedliinii (Two Waters Flow Together Clan). Lynda and Barbara were raised there along with their siblings at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post. Her mother demonstrated weaving and attracted a constant flow of tourists. Indeed, Ruth Teller’s rugs were so prized that tourists often purchased them right off the loom. Needless to say, as a child, Lynda learned through observation.

https://www.navajorugweavers.com/