Home Sewn: New exhibit features history through crafts
An 1895 Montgomery Ward cabinet model treadle sewing machine is part of the Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn. (Courtesy photo)
A 1910 wedding gown featured in Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn, a new exhibit at the Northwest Montana History Museum. (Courtesy photo)
Do you have cherished home-sewn items crafted by your great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, or relative? Such objects, passed down through generations, connect you to memories of the crafter and to history. They call to mind the fashion and household trends unique to their time period.
The Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn showcases a variety of crafts: sewing, crocheting, knitting, embroidery, quilting, and needlepoint. Many of the articles on display were handed down through families and then gifted to the museum.
Visitors will see an extensive variety of hand-sewn articles representing the skill of the crafter. Featured pieces include a 1910 wedding gown, 1950s children’s clothing and practical items such as 1950s embroidered kitchen towels and an 1897 log cabin silk quilt.
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