I offer lectures to those groups who are interested. Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling a talk. My preferred lecture style is interactive and conversational. I welcome an engaged audience with lots of questions.
My fee will vary by topic and expenses associated with travel. My current lectures include:
- Pre-1900 Quilts and Fabrics
- Length: 60-90 minutes.
- Summary: Provides a survey of quilt styles from the late 1700’s through the very early 1900’s. Topics will include Broderie perse, applique styles, block styles, fabrics and crazy quilts. Period quilts, vintage fabrics and reproduction fabrics are used to illustrate styles.
- Researching Inscribed Quilts
- Length: 60 minutes.
- Summary: Inscriptions can tell us a great deal about the makers of a quilt and written words are one of the first things that researchers use to begin investigating a quilts history. This lecture primarily addresses how to use signature quilts to explore the history of a community.