Maine quilting is topic of June 10 Maine State Museum webinar

AUGUSTA — Maine State Museum curator of history and decorative arts Laurie LaBar will share insights and striking images of Maine quilts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10 via Zoom.

LaBar is the author of “Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community,” published by the Maine State Museum and Down East Books, which takes a comprehensive look at Maine quilts and quilters. The book is the culmination of over a decade of research about quilts from across the state by LaBar.
“As the book’s title implies, comfort is central to Maine quilts because of the physical comfort of having something over you during cold winters,” LaBar said. “But there is also an emotional comfort to a quilt because someone you love may have made it for you. At the same time, community is important because quilts, especially album or friendship quilts, hold so many stories about the communities of women who made them, or about the events that connected and shaped the lives of quilters and their families.”
The webinar is free and open to the public. To register visit mainestatemuseum.org or call 207-287-2301 for registration information. The webinar is sponsored by the Maine State Museum and the Friends of the Maine State Museum, the webinar is free of charge.