Pat Donald enjoys researching counterpanes in museums and historical society archives as well as consulting on counterpanes. Pat belongs to the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild and the Seattle Weavers Guild. She is a member of the Association of Northwest Weavers Guild historical weaving study group as well as the following Complex Weaver’s study groups: Early American Coverlets and Counterpanes, Early Weaving Books and Manuscripts, and Sampling the Old Fashioned Way. She has taught weaving workshops and given lectures on historic weaving drafts in seven states for Weaving/Fiber Guilds, J.C. Campbell Folk School, Textile History Forum, and the Weaving History Conference. Spring 2022 her article on Southern Counterpanes was published in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. Pat’s table runner is in Complex Weaver’s 40th Anniversary Book: Eight Shafts: Beyond the Beginning: Personal Approaches to Design.
Workshops:
Southern Handwoven Counterpanes (2 Day)
Seminars:
The Many Faces of Dimity and Historic Draft Interpretation
Would Scarlett O’Hara Have Woven a Counterpane?
Categories:
Weaving
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