Talk about quilts
Killcare author and historian Dr Annette Gero will be guest speaker at The Bouddi Society's next Afternoon by the Bay event later this month.
As one of Australia's leading quilt historians, Dr Gero will make a presentation on Australia's quilt heritage and social history at the Wagstaffe Hall from 2.30pm on Saturday, October 23.
Author of the recently published book The Fabric of Society, Australia's Quilt Heritage from Convict Times to 1960, Dr Gero has lectured in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, England, Australia and New Zealand.
In 1986, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in London in recognition of her work on Australian quilt history.
Dr Gero said her talk for the Bouddi Society would trace Australia's rich and diverse heritage in patchwork quilts, reflecting not only the quilts found in this country but also the social history of countless ordinary people; histories which otherwise would never have been written, each story includes the making of a quilt, rich in memories embedded in its cloth.
"Quilts were made by convict women, by Governors' wives, Gold Rush immigrants, wealthy shop owners, WWI and WWII diggers, people who lived during the Depression, rabbit trappers, and by mothers who made all their children's clothes and never threw anything away," Dr Gero said.
Dr Gero is recognised for her quilt collection and will display examples of quilts displayed in her book The Fabric of Society, with signed copies available for sale after the talk.
Participants are also encouraged to bring along their own old quilt or wagga rug to the talk.
The cost of the afternoon is $15 for non-members, $12 for Bouddi Society members and $5 for children (refreshments included).
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