RAE ERDAHL'S COLLECTION OF ETHNIC HATS, DOLLS, AND GARMENTS
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The pieces in this exhibition are a mix of hats found in 1992 in far western China (in and around Urumqi, Kashgar, and Hotan in the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region), hats and garments purchased in 1999 across the Central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and embroidered pieces and felted dolls purchased since then from artisans who have travelled to the Folk Art Market held every year in July at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dolls

Hats
Some of the hats (those from western China) were purchased new in local markets and were what was being worn at the time.  Others, those from Central Asia, I found in museum shops or in antique or carpet shops.  The large embroidered coat was found at the Sunday market in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.  There is no particular focus to the treasures I collect other than that I love textiles, color, pattern and value the artistry and skill found in cultures the world around. . . . . Rae

Ruth Knight Sybers
Knitter's Treat
Monticello, WI 53570

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As always, a heartfelt thank you to Rhoda Braunschweig who plans and 
David Braunschweig who assists in "hanging" each exhibit.

Photos by Lori Manning
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The Dining Room at 209 Main

Past Displays:

WEAVINGS BY TUESDAY FRIENDS: FRAN POTTER AND HER STUDENTS
CHALLENGE QUILTS
Ethnic Socks - Rae Erdahl
Why I Quilt - Barbara Hartman
Kelly Marshall - Custom HandWovens - Functional art pieces
Knitting Designs by Meg Swansen
Mary Alice Hart - digital photos become quilts
Mary Ann Fitzgerald:  Chinese Baby Carriers
VALENTINA DEVINE DESIGNS PRESENTED AGAIN
Jane M. Miller - East Side Bags
Looping - featuring Donna Kallner and Sue Koleczek
TEN YEARS OF KNITTING WORKSHOPS IN MONTICELLO, WI
Green County Barn Quilts and the Courthaus Quilt Guild
RareWear - Fiber Artist Laurie Boyer
Mary Kay McDermott
The Story of the Textiles from Guatemala
NANCY L. DAVIS & JOANNE SCHILLING - TEXTILE ARTISTS
MARY JO SCANDIN - Fiber and contemporary painting
FULLING AND FELTING
Nostalgia - Apron Collection by Jean Adler
TEN YEARS OF TEXTILE EXHIBITS - Ruth Knight Sybers
SILVER THREADS -- Lee Ann Kleeman
Point of View: thread-work by Beth Blahut
Latvian Textiles
HANDKERCHIEFS
Hooked Rugs by Ellie Beck
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN
JOYCE MARQUESS CAREY
AESOP'S FABLES
First Knitting Invitational
Weaving and the Structo Loom
Valentina Devine Creates
JAPANESE TEXTILES -- OLD  AND NEW
Wearable Art
Moving Weft
Men Who Knit
Quilts by the Thursday Friends
WEAVING WITH SEWING THREAD
HISTORIC MONTICELLO WOOLEN MILL
Katherine Pence Inspired by Everything
WHY DO I SPIN?
THE EARLY KNITTED WORKS OF JOYCE WILLIAMS
EMBROIDERY - the late Ellen Scheidler
QUILTS OF MONTICELLO
23 HATS BY ESTHER AND OLGA
FROM GRANDMA'S TRUNK
JEAN NORDLUND - Ewe Hues
NAVAJO RUGS Weavings - Fran Potter
KNITTED LACE
SOCKS
FIRST SHOW: Knitting - Ruth Sybers, Wall hanging - Kathy LaBeil