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Over Run Sale Now Also Online!

Sometimes we weave more cloth than ordered so that we can offer our smaller one-of-a-kind pieces to you! We will be having an in-person sale on July 20th at our Mill in Cherry Valley, NY. But if you can’t make it to visit us, shop from home on our website. We have a variety of designs and sizes of carpets, perfect for hallways and stairs. And fabric by the yard ready to be turned into something beautiful! Check out our Shop!

We’re Having a Sale!

Thistle Hill Weavers Over Run Fabric, Carpet and Yarn Sale Save the date: Saturday, July 20, 9:30am to 4:30pm We are over stocked with our historic fabrics. Please help us out, we would like to clear off some shelves! We have our historic carpets, worsted and silk fabrics, some small pieces of fuzzy bling, all at discounted prices. We will also have yarn for sale. When we cannot use the ends of cones, or we are finished with a project we have boxes of yarn left over. Ready and waiting for for your creative talents! Upcoming Events June 22nd and 23rd: Dating and Identifying Historic Everyday Fabrics. Still a few spots left.Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon New Hampshiresanbornmills.org July 13th and 14th: Timber Frame Loom Workshop. Help set up a barn frame loom at Kilts Farm and learn about styles and differences in looms in the 18th century.Kiltsfarm.org August 2nd,3rd, 4th: Textile Tool Technology: What makes a spinning wheel work and what happens when water power changes the method of production. Three day seminar with hands on textile tools and textiles.Eastfeld Village Nassau, New Yorkhistoriceastfield.org September 13th: Woven Clothing Fabrics in early 19th Century QuiltsAQSA ,Tarrytown NY.Americanquiltstudygroup.org September 28th: Bring a textile discovery day at Kilts Farm. Our version of Antiques Roadshow. We learn so much from the textiles that we have been passed down through the generations.Kiltsfarm.org October 4th: What were coverlet weavers also weaving? The other fabrics mentioned in weavers ads.Zoom lecture thru the coverlet study group.Contact Marty Schlabach: mls5@cornell.edu October 5th: The Gleich Lecture at the Arkell Museum and Library, Canajoharie NY.arkellmuseum.org November 3rd: Dating and Identifying Historic Textiles at Historic Deerfield, Worcester, MA. Lecture and Zoom. Bring a textile to identify.historic-deerfield.org December 7th and 8th:Open House here at Thistle Hill Weavers!

We are so excited! Our new video is live!

See it on our video page or on Youtube. We are so excited to share not just our looms in action, but also where you can see our work in historic sites. Featured in the video are, The Emily Dickinson Museum, Hyde Hall, Cedar Grove, and Schuyler Mansion. The video was created by Longbow Media.

Join us for: Vernacular vs. Fancy: The Family Weaver and the Fancy Weaver in the Rural Northeast AND What’s in Your Closet?

August 4-6 (3 days) – Limit: 25 students The $225 fee for this class is due upon arrival at the beginning of the weekend. This is not a free class. Family vernacular textile production occurred side by side with fancy weaving in most rural areas of New York, New England and Pennsylvania between the late 18th century and the mid 19th century. We will use surviving textiles as examples to unravel the relationship between vernacular textile production, and the fancy weaver from 1780 to 1860. Fancy weavers, also called trade or professional weavers, and family weavers were often working in the same rural areas between 1780 and 1860. The session will begin with an examination of the types of textiles produced by farm families as everyday utilitarian fabrics as contrasted with the coverlets and carpets and other complex textiles produced by the fancy weavers. Surviving textiles, advertisements, journals and inventories will be used to illustrate the products of each group and the relationship between families that wove themselves but also used the fancy weaver for fabrics that they could not produce. We will also look at the introduction of local waterpower for carding, spinning, and finishing, that helped both home cloth production and the fancy weaver. The class will examine historic textiles from the collections of Rabbit Goody, Eastfield Village, and participants. Participants are encouraged to bring textiles for us to puzzle over, both plain and fancy. This three-day workshop runs Friday August 4th, Saturday August 5th and Sunday August 6th. 9:30 to 4pm. Lunch included.Register for the class at Historic EastfieldContact Rabbit Goody at Thistle Hill Weavers for more information.Email: rabbitgoodythw@gmail.comCell phone: 518.852.5536