History of Quilting: Explore the History of Quilting with Billings Farm & Museum interpreter, Caroline Shepard.

Thursday Threads – All About Quilting: Join Adele in the Quilt Exhibition Hall to learn more about the main quilting techniques used today and to see examples from this year’s Quilt Exhibition.

Thursday Threads – Finger Knitting: Tiana demonstrates this fun and easy knitting technique.

Thursday Threads-Dyeing Ombre Yarn: There are so many ways to make your next fiber project stand out. Tiana guides us through the steps to make an ombre-style gradient in your yarn.

Make your own Cardboard Loom: Weaving is easy to do at home! Lynne shows us how to make a cardboard loom and demonstrates a small weaving project. Make a bracelet, a coaster, or anything you’d like! All you need is cardboard, scissors, yarn and either a cardboard needle or a plastic yarn needle. Have fun!

Washing Laundry By Hand: What was laundry like in the 1890s? Lynne, a Billings Farm interpreter shows us how the washing would have been done using a washboard and wringer.

Thursday Threads – Washing Wool: It’s Spring Cleaning Week at Billings Farm at Home. Today Tiana shows us what wool looks like before and after cleaning, and the steps in between.

Thursday Threads – Spinning Newspaper : Can newspaper be recycled as thread? Tiana tries it out as we celebrate Earth Day on Thursday Threads.

Thursday Threads – Wool vs. Cotton: It’s Thursday Threads at Billings Farm at Home and today Tiana demonstrates some of the differences between wool and cotton using fire(!) and water. Yowza!

Meet our Southdown Sheep: Tiana introduces us to Billings Farm’s Southdown ewes and Babydoll ram a few weeks before lambing.

All about Crazy Quilts : Christine explains what a crazy quilt is and shows an example from the collection at Billings farm & Museum.