Encounters with History: Civil War Embroidery

Name: Encounters with History: Civil War Embroidery
Start: 2025-12-13T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-13T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17325

Schedule

Sat Dec 13 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17325 | Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg & Civil War Embroidery with Danza Antiqua
“Needlework is in itself an agreeable occupation, it is essentially a useful one; and it is a gentle, a graceful, an elegant, and truly feminine occupation. It causes the solitary hours of domestic life to glide more smoothly away,…it takes away from the formality of sitting for conversation, abridges the necessity for scandal,…it keeps us out of mischief.” The Art of Needlework, Mary Margaret Egerton, The Countess of Wilton, London, 1840.
Embroidery is one of the world’s oldest commercial and personal art forms and is a rich source of creative inspiration. Embroidery is more than just stitches in fabric. It is a creation that can express our lives and personal preferences.
Participants will have an opportunity to create a replica of the tent fragment and a visit to the artifact on display.
In preparation for reproducing the flower motif, participants will make a practice embroidery “piece” using a variety of mid-19th century stitches. A further practical element will include trying different thread and needle types.
This hands-on program will develop basic embroidery skills. It will also survey the history, materials, tools, patterns, instruction manuals, and other historical sources, together with the social aspects of mid-19th century embroidery.
Join us in the Ford Education Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center for this all-day program from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lunch is included. All materials and tools included.