Latimer Quilt & Textile Center

Welcome to our website!

We're glad you found us and look forward to your visit! Currently we are working on many things around Latimer. That being said, the website is one of those things. We ask for patience at this time as things transition.

We are currently working on:
New Management: We have two new co-managers. They officially came on board the beginning of September 2024. There are many things they are working, learning and catching up on.

New Systems: Until October 1, 2024 we were on dial up. An ethernet line was ran and our Credit/Debit card machine is now processing in 2-6 seconds versus 30-45 seconds with landline/dial up. We are also in the process of upgrading our cash register/other systems. This is taking time and upgrades will hopefully be mostly done going into 2025.

Website: Our website is getting changes as time allows. Little by little we are going to have more information available/easier to find.

Thank you for your support and understanding!
- Latimer Quilt & Textile Center

Welcome to the Latimer Quilt & Textile Center

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The Latimer Quilt & Textile Center began as a school, built in 1900 on a parcel of land donated by James and Permelia Latimer in 1892.

The current school building, built in the 1930s, became a maintenance repair facility in 1959. In 1989, the school district allowed the property to revert to their heirs of the Latimer family as required by the original deed. They in turn donated the property to the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Foundation in memory of their grandparents and great-grand parents, James and Permelia.

Clara Fairfield, an employee of the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, saw this as an opportunity to fill a need for a textile center in the Pacific Northwest; a place for fiber artisans to demonstrate, teach and produce their crafts. In 1991, the Friends of Latimer Quilt & Textile Center was formed and assumed responsibility for the daily operation of the Center. Today the Latimer is a vibrant fiber arts center. On any given day, you may find weavers or spinners demonstrating their fiber magic, quilters shaping another heirloom, visitors leafing through patterns or books or vintage fabric samples.

The Latimer Quilt & Textile Center, a non-profit organization operated by volunteers, managers and a nine-person board of directors who are also volunteers, is a place to share skills and learn new ones, to preserve the memories, the history, the threads carrying us through to the next generation.

Photo Gallery:

Bunnies

Created by Lynne Yale

The Tillamook County Quilt Trail Mural