From felting to quilting, knitting to sewing, and everything in between, join us for a fiber-focused day full of workshops and artists talks all centered around the tactile world of textiles and fiber arts!
Free with Museum membership and included with general admission.
Presented as part of the Museum's new Art+Flight exhibition on display now through January 7, 2024.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Schedule
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- B Town Yarn - Knitting circle with free knitting kits for all ages! (while supplies last)
- Arachne Weavers Guild and Moonspinners Guild - Members of the Guilds will share the history of thread making from hands to sticks and wheels to electric wheels. Enjoy hands-on demos using tabletop looms, spinning wheels and spindles.
- Beauty and Duty: Women's Military Uniforms - Museum of Flight Living History performer Alice Miller will present authentic women's military uniforms from World War I to Vietnam.
12:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Friendship Bracelet Workshop - Come make a friendship bracelet for someone special in your life!
12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
- Vintage Aircraft Fabric & Walking Tour - Join Museum Aircraft Restoration Technician, Logan Shepard, as he shares the history of vintage aircraft fabric and takes you on a short walking tour of the Museum to highlight unique fabrics featured in some of our aircraft.
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Electromagnetism and Embodiment through E-textiles and Wearables - Join Art+Flight artist, Afroditi Psarra, as she shares how she and environmental physicist, Cécile Lapoire, created Cosmic Bitcasting, a wearable radiation detector. The jacket is featured in the Juried Group Show, currently on view in the Red Barn.
