Celebration of Textiles: Quilting D.C.

Bring your family to celebrate D.C.’s quilting community at the museum during its 42nd-annual Celebration of Textiles! Make your own quilted square, tour our new exhibition of handmade quilts, and meet D.C.-area quilters who are keeping traditions alive or innovating what a quilt can be. Enjoy other textile demonstrations of weaving, spinning and more throughout the day, and join us on the dance floor for square-dancing lessons and live deejayed D.C. music. Square Dancing with Square-Dance Quilts 11:30 a.m. "Skip Skip Skip It" by Square Dance Heroes ft. DD Rapman 1:00 p.m. "Square Dance Medley" by Woody Guthrie 2:30 p.m. "Hoedown Throwdown" by Hannah Montana Exhibition Tour 3:30 p.m. Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts Ongoing Activities Quilting demonstrations Patchwork and quilting for upcycling Collaging a textile bag Community quilt Loom weaving Yarn spinning demonstrations Lacemaking demonstrations Live deejayed dance floor Local fiber animals Gallery scavenger hunt Other arts, crafts and more! How to Participate This event is free; no registration required. Stop by the museum anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to join the festivities.