bergencountyquiltsQuilt and Coverlet Show Schedule
Updated: Jul 14, 2021
Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show
Show
Friday, October 1, 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday, October 2, 10 am - 4 pm
650 & 660 E. Glen Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Entry Fee $10 at the door.
Children 12 and under: $5
No strollers; Wheelchair Accessible
80 quilts and 36 coverlets, made between 1800 and 1976, will be on display. They are on loan from 13 local museums and 16 private collections. This is a rare opportunity to view these fragile textiles. Quilts and coverlets are not only beautiful reminders of our history, but reflect the lives of Bergen County's women and men through the years.
Special Events
Gallery Tour: Coverlets
Friday, October 1, 9 am - 9:45 am
650 E. Glen Ave. Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Tickets $25 (includes same-day show admission) Reserve Ahead. Limited to 15.
Kay Yeomans, curator of collections at the Hopper-Goetschius House will lead the Coverlet Gallery Tour; she will discuss the evolution of Bergen County coverlet style and the images used by the local weavers.
Gallery Tour: Quilts
Saturday, October 2, 9 am - 9:45 am
660 E. Glen Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Tickets $25 (includes same-day show admission) Reserve Ahead. Limited
Peggy W. Norris, chair of the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show; she will take an in-depth look at many of the quilts and talk about some of their stories.
"300 Years of American Quilts" A Lecture by Dana Balsamo
Saturday, October 2, 1 pm
Ridgewood Public Library
125 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Free. RSVP to register. Present limit (due to COVID restrictions) is 35.
The lecture presents a timeline of how quilts developed in America, how styles evolved, how history inspired quiltmakers in the past and continues to do so.
Exhibit Catalog, Stitched and Woven: Bergen County Quilts and Coverlets, 1800-1976, full-color, 180 pages, $25 Order
Raffle of "Liberty" a cross-stitched, hand-quilted Bicentennial quilt, $5 per Ticket (3 for $10)
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