Chris Sawicki’s name is mentioned quite a lot in Stuart Florida. Chris has been the executive director of Stuart Heritage for more than a dozen years. That’s the museum in downtown Stuart that looks like a feed store (‘cause it once was just so).
Chris studied textiles in her college days and is an expert at id-ing when a piece of fabric was probably made. She parlayed this knowledge into quilt collecting and has amassed a collection of more than 100 (and that’s probably too low a number) quilts representing more genres of quilting, styles and periods than the average person knows about!
If you asked me what her passion is I’d be hard pressed to tell you. She loves quilts, her dogs, all rescue critters) and Stuart’s history which she can recite from memory. She conducts tours twice weekly throughout much of the year – and, by the way, they’re free BUT, if you’re worth your salt, you’ll make a donation to the museum if you like your experience. After all, you’ll want it to still be up and running when you bring your next set of visitors to town.
You can find Chris at Stuart Heritage, 161 SW Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL, 33494
The telephone number is: 772-220-4600
Or go to the Stuart Heritage website (created by her very talented, rocket scientist husband - yup, for real). http://www.stuartheritage.org
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