Lowell Quilt Festival

by Linda Dunn of Fabric, Life, Art

If you enjoy pattern, color, and art, come to the Lowell Quilt Festival August 6-9.

Healing Pieces by the Lowell Fiber Studio

Take a car or the train. In under an hour you'll be in Lowell. Once there, you can walk or ride the free jitney to several venues:

• Images 2009: over 150 quilts, at the Tsongas Arena.
• Quiltscapes, an international juried exhibit of work inspired by the landscape, at the Whistler Gallery. Come on Friday from noon to 2 and enjoy high tea.
• A Sense of Balance, harmony in traditional quilts, at the Boot Cotton Mills
• Free Gallery Talks at 2pm daily at the New England Quilt Museum.
• What Followed Me Home: Antique Quilts, Fabrics, and Tools, at the newly reopened American Textile History Museum. Special guided tours on August 6 .
• Illusions in Fiber at the Loading Dock Gallery, July 29-August23, reception Friday August 7, 6-9 PM.
• Fabrication of Imagination, featuring cutting edge work in cloth, copper and glass, at the ALL Gallery August 1-30.

Advice: blue bird (detail) by Linda Dunn

You can meet the artists at the ALL Gallery and at the Whistler on Saturday, August 8, from 2-4. Enjoy their work plus a little wine. Come home with new ideas. Buy local. Buy art. Spend a day in Lowell.