If you hurry, you can see the Celebrate Doilies exhibit at the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History, in Mingus, Texas. The exhibit will be there through March 15, 2018.
The photos are from the presentation Sandi Horton and I gave on Sunday, February 25th. My topic was “What to Do with Grandmother’s Doilies.” Sandi read poetry about her family’s needlework, and played a musical prayer on her Indian flute.
The Gordon Center has artifacts and displays about the company town of Thurber, Texas. In many a Texas town with red brick streets, the bricks were made in Thurber. When I was there with friends, we watched a film about the town. It seemed like a wonderful community, but it was difficult to move away from Thurber. Workers were paid in company scrip, which merchants outside the town wouldn’t accept as payment.
Plan to spend some time, if you go, to see the exhibit and the permanent displays and film about Thurber.
From March 19th through the 25th, 2018, Celebrate Doilies will be at the 4 North Event Center in Comanche, Texas. The hours will be Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. I’ll be there the whole time, so come and see me!
Sandi Horton and I will give a short presentation on Saturday, March 24th, at 2 p.m.
Celebrate Doilies is booked at the German Free School in Austin, Texas, in May 2018. Many of the doily wall hangings will be in a special showing of quilts at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, in July. I’ll post more information about those venues in the months to come.