Portland Textile Month
2020-10-02
Submitted by Dianne McD with the help of Rosalie Movius and Sheridan Collins. This month brings the third annual Portland Textile Month. PTM aims to engage the textile community in a month-long festival of events. The theme for this year’s events is Repair and Reuse. As part of PTM, the Oregon Historical Society will display the Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt. While Portland was dealing with it’s issues of racism within the city, 15 African-American women from the area came together in 1974 to decide which historical events and success stories to include in the 30-block quilt. This quilt is owned by the OHS andRead More →