Sewing and fiber arts are hobbies of Anneliese Holland.
"I've made a quilt before," said the Riverside Middle School eighth-grader, who attended the Augusta Museum of History's Threads and Needles Family Fun Day on Saturday to learn more about fiber arts.
The event included crafts, a demonstration by members of the Augusta Fiber Arts Guild, a film on Georgia quilts and a hunt for history through the exhibits, according to Heather Sellers, education manager.
"Our Family Fun Days we have every other month on the first Saturday of the month. We try to include activities for all ages," she said.
The hunt for history on fiber arts is a scavenger hunt of sorts. Museum patrons received a fill-in-the-blank sheet with topics related to permanent exhibits and were encouraged to look a little closer and find the items related to the topic of the day.
Items in the permanent exhibit related to fiber arts include cotton scales and nine-patch quilt.
The featured craft was making a nine-patch quilt out of strips of paper.
Anneliese's paper quilt featured a flower design, and her friend Emma Shipman went with a monochromatic pattern.
The duo especially enjoyed the demonstrations by members of the Augusta Fiber Arts Guild, who showed tasks such as weaving and spinning.
"The knitting was cool. I knit," said Anneliese.
Emma said she liked the looms.
Plans are already under way for the next Family Fun Day, which will be on June 7 and will focus on archaeology.
Other upcoming programs at the museum include the Brown Bag History Series. Don Rhodes will speak on "James Brown: Living in America and Loving Augusta" on May 7. Refreshments begin at 11:30 a.m., with the lecture at 12:30 p.m. That event is free for museum members and $3 for nonmembers.
For more information about museum programs, call (706) 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org.
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