Chatham County, NC, Historical Association

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Cleaning and Preserving Textile Heirlooms

Ellen Teague Miller tells us how to care for those lovely quilts that are becoming too fragile to use, the first prom dress from 1960, and the towels woven on the old barn loom.

Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 3 p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room at CCCC in Pittsboro

Textile heirlooms and keepsakes require special care to preserve them for future use. Conserving them involves an understanding of the effects of light, temperature, humidity and insects, and proper cleaning, storage or displaying. This program discusses each of these topics, including demonstrations of suggested care, storage and display.

Please bring your textile heirlooms, especially ones from Chatham County, to share.

Guests are welcome.

Ellen Teague Miller, our speaker, holds degrees in Home Economics and Extension Education. You might remember her when she was with the Chatham County Agricultural Extension Service from 1980-87. Most recently Ms. Miller was Apparel and Textile Specialist at NC Sate University, Superintendent of the Clothing Department at the NC State Fair and State Advisor to the N C Extension Homemakers Association. At present she teaches apparel development among other home economics topics at Northwood High School.