Anne's September Show and Tell

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As many of you know, my wife, Anne, taught Air Force dependent children in Turkey for about nine years in the 1970s and then in Germany for eleven years. She has always been fascinated with fabric. While she was in Turkey she collected a number of hand-woven rugs called Kilims and some other hand made textiles as well. Kilims are varying in size, from nine to thirteen feet. Most are woven on small portable looms by nomads, then fitted together with a seam down the middle. Sewn together, they are five to six feet wide. Last week, in a local shop called ETC (Eugene Textile Center), we hung a show of many of her kilims , prayer rugs, donkey bags and some large goat hair bags used to store wheat, cotton or bedding. All the items are at least 50 to 100 years old and look great where we hung them. Anne will give a talk about some of the dyes, weaves and methods used in mid-September. A few of the items will be for sale.