Field Trip to Latimer Quilt & Textile Center May 23, 2026
🎉🧵 CRS FIELD TRIP ADVENTURE — LATIMER QUILT & TEXTILE CENTER! 🧵🎉
Pack your curiosity, bring a friend (or two!), and join us for a fun, inspiring day immersed in quilts, fiber arts, and creative community in beautiful Tillamook, Oregon on Saturday, May 23, 2026! You are on your own for transportation, visiting the center, lunch, and shopping.
📍 Where We’re Going
Latimer Quilt & Textile Center
2105 Wilson River Loop, Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact: Emily — 503-842-8622
Website: https://www.latimerquiltandtextile.com
🗓 Saturday, May 23, 2026
🕙 Open 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
(Suggested arrival time for field trip is between 10 and noon)
✨ What Makes This Trip Special?
We’ll enjoy a relaxed, self-guided visit exploring:
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- Historic and contemporary quilts
- Current exhibits & regional fiber artists
- Featured artist for May/June: Helene Knott
- The weaving room (watch or try weaving!)
- A lively quilt turning & discussion
🛏 Quilt Turning Session (Don’t Miss This!)
This is a small-group experience in a separate room where quilts are displayed and discussed. Please arrive before 12:00 Noon to attend. There will be a session from 12:00 -12:30pm. If there are more than 10 people, we’ll split the group for a second turning at 12:30 – 1:00pm.
👉 Registration – Important!
We need to give head counts to the Latimer center so they can schedule volunteers. Please go to the Zeffy link below to register that you are visiting the center and whether or not you will attend the quilt turning. This registration is free.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/field-trip-to-latimer-quilt-and-textile-museum
💵 Admission to be Paid at the Center:
- Standard admission: $4
- Seniors: $3
- FREE if you are:
- A Latimer member
- A Westside Quilters Guild member (bring ID)
Lunch, transportation & shopping are on your own
🚗 Transportation
Everyone travels independently.
Carpooling is encouraged — post on Groups.io if you need or can offer a ride!
🗓 Suggested Flow
- Register before May 23
- Arrive Sat May 23rd between 10 AM and before noon if you want to do a quilt turning
- Pay admission at the museum
- Explore exhibits & weaving room
- Attend quilt turning (if registered) at 12:00 Noon or possibly, 12:30pm if more than 10 people.
- Optional: Further exploration at the center
- Optional: Creamery lunch on your own
- Optional: fabric shopping adventures on your own!
🍦 Extra Fun Nearby (Optional Activities!)
Tillamook Creamery (5 minutes north)
https://www.tillamook.com/visit-us/creamery
Tour, food, cheese, and ice cream 😋
Jane’s Fabric Patch (5 minutes south)
https://www.janesfabricpatch.com/
Open same hours as Latimer
Sew Little Time, Tillamook – Contact to find location and confirm time
https://www.facebook.com/sewlittletime20/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SewLittleTimeLLC
Hours are Tuesday thru Saturday 10 to 4, Call First: phone number is 503-354-2106
Plus — depending on your route — more quilt shop stops!
