Hosted by Sanborn Mills Farm in partnership with the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

Dressing the High Post Bed Across Three Centuries

Taught by: Rabbit Goody

Workshop Fee: $420.00

In this workshop, participants will assemble a flat and a curved tester high post bed and explore all the different possible ways of dressing that bed for both a high style and rural setting.

Examples of fabrics for different hangings will be shared, and everyone will leave with methods of dressing beds in several styles, as well as a sample book of reproduction historic fabrics. Students will receive a template for measuring any high post bed for hangings. Students will learn where to source fabrics and hardware for a variety of styles.  We will also explore bed coverings, such as blankets and coverlets.

Students will develop a bibliography for historic styles.

This workshop is designed for museum staff who would like to make the beds in their historic settings period correct, and also for home owners who have always wanted to have a dressed bed in their home.

It will be a hands-on workshop beginning with setting up a high post bed with roping and mounting the tester fabric, curtains, and valances

Materials Fee: $20 paid directly to the instructor.

Special Tools or Equipment: We will explore different methods of putting rings on curtains. If you enjoy sewing, please bring any small sewing items that you like. We will have sewing items available if you prefer.