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Iowa group stitches quilts for wounded soldiers - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:56AMLE MARS, Iowa — There’s a lot of red, white and blue fabric in the sewing room in Shirley Hettwer’s basement.
From baker to quilter: Gutsch explores creative side Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:09AM"Creativity is just part of who I am," says Lou Gutsch, 70, a quilter, fifth-generation North Floridian and avid dirt bike rider.
Review: Mighty Jerome Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:02PMHarry Jerome races for the University of Oregon in the early 1960s. Charles Officer directs this very stylish documentary about legendary Canadian track star Harry Jerome.
Ardis Butler James, Quilt Collector, Dies at 85 Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:21AMMrs. James and her husband, Robert, established what has become the world’s largest public collection of quilts, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Iowa quilt to go to 9/11 museum in New York City Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:30AMBetty Nielson’s exhibit at the Wapello County 4-H Expo holds the “Iowa Has Not Forgotten” quilt. People who contribute $5 can sign it. Through the gift of a quilt, Freedom Quilts strives to comfort these families and preserve the honor and memory of their loved ones.
Quilt show to honor 9-11 and Naval Aviation Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:05PMBATAVIA – Lois Jarvis knows the stories of all 621 people pictured on her “Ground Zero” quilt.
Roslindale artists show their work at City Hall Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:50PM(Courtesy Iris Sonnenschein) Iris Sonnenscheins vibrant quilt Yaffo Boats is among the works by members of Roslindale Open Studios currently...
Antiques/Art/Crafts Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:18AMAntiques/Art/Crafts Bucks County Quilt Showcase Exhibit of quilts by local artisans. Bucks County Visitors Center, 3207 Street Rd., Bensalem. 7/15.
Exhibits Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:04AMNEW EXHIBITS
Quilting Florida flowers: the blue hydrangea Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:09PMJuly 14, 2011 2:04 p.m. | 0 comments A “QUILTER or KNITTER ON BOARD” bumper sticker should be on your bumper! Now that there are 18-wheeler drivers out there who are quilting in their spare time, that bumper sticker would be most effective in your manner of gaining respect on the highways.
Springville woman quilts with her hands and her heart Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:31PMMaryAnn Nelson of Springville loves to quilt.
Passion for quilting leads to creation of ‘The Sewing Room’ Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:22PMSALEM - When you have a passion you can be driven by it. Kathie Sabatino has quilted for 39 years and collected quilting equipment, right down to the pins, for 30 of those years.
Mary Fisher’s paintings found on fabric Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:12PMAs people walk through life, they hope their presence has a positive effect on the people they meet. Sometimes, a person is fortunate enough to find their effect on others goes beyond their personal circle. Mary Fisher has affected lives around the world through her art, voice and caring about others, especially people afflicted with the AIDS virus. She was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1991 and ...
lavender weekend extras Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:53PMThe Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club celebrates its 25th anniversary at this year’s quilt show, open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, July 15-17. The featured artist for 2011 is Carol Clevenger. A $5 donation is requested.
CAC clips, 7/13/11 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:21AMSIGNAL PEAK — Visionaries tend to be proven right when history is begrudgingly viewed through the bifocals of skeptics.
Bella Quilts marks first year Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:31PMHAMILTON — Bella Quilts has blossomed in threes: Three months after opening, it moved three doors down into a building that’s triple the size.Its success can be credited to being one of the only area sources for high quality quilting materials and being probably the largest carrier of certain Civil War era and specially dyed prints, with its access to exclusive quilt product distributors, said ...
Kenyon to speak at Piecemakers Quilt Guild on Monday Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:21PMCandace Kenyon will guest speaker at Monday’s meeting of Cherokee Strip Piecemakers Quilt Guild. The meeting will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Central Christian Church, 1111 W. Broadway. The group meets the third Monday of each month except December.
Quilt show to take over gallery at City Hall Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:29AMThe Council on Culture and Arts (COCA) puts on over a dozen exhibitions a year. The goal of the different exhibitions is to showcase artists, professional and non-professional, from the Big Bend Area.
National Bank Building holds Ionia Free Fair treasures Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:09PMThere is more to do at the Ionia Free Fair besides rides, performances and tractor pulls.
National 9/11 Flag leaves mark at Martinsburg VA Center Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:24AMBrian Tolstyka stood at the edge of a giant American flag spread across several tables in the Veterans Affairs hospital gym. Wearing a leather vest with a flag patch and a hat with a flag pin, Tolstyka was about to stitch his place in history. Gently clasping a threaded needle between thumb and forefinger, Tolstyka, 43, slipped it into the fabric of a red stripe. The 300 people in the West ...
Get ready for 4-H Fair time Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:22PMWhere can you see quilt making, watch animal shows, enjoy the Daisy Jug Band, take a free hayride, and show in an open pet show?
Longtime artist returns to her fabric roots Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:55PMGrowing up amid the mountains of West Virginia in post-World War II, Sally Braun learned quilting: a tradition among women such as her mother Lucille and grandmothers Bertha and Pearl.
Brockton area individuals, businesses join chairty effort to make quilts with sports logos. Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:49PMThe quilts, through the Wrapped Up in Sports organization, are made with the logos of Boston sports teams taken from donated sports apparel. A Whitman supporter is looking for donations of sports T-shirts to use for the quilts, whose sale proceeds go to charities.
Historic Iowa General Store Set to Close Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 4:16PMIn this June 10, 2011 photo, Janice Juchems, left, and Julie McNair stand inside the Conrad General Store in downtown Conrad, Iowa. Juchems and McNair have been proud to carry on the legacy of the Conrad General Store, but their time leading the legendary business is soon coming to an end.
Emery Towers residents find joy in crafting quilts Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 12:14PMEmery Towers residents Ella Wareham, left, and Sarah Lanier pose nextto a quilt they helped to create with the help of Judy Brown, who ownsThe Little Fabric Garden in Bradford. In the center of the quilt is apicture of the building.
Locals` stitched and pieced-together art on display Locals` stitched-together art on display Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:50AMMaking quilts takes a lot of work. The pattern has to be picked out and refined, the fabric must be sown, any embroidery needs to be done, each piece has to be separately sewn in place, and then all the blocks or sections and border have to be sown together.
Local Beat 7/9/11 Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:47PMA list of meetings and events of interest throughout Navarro County
Trends evolve at major quilt show Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:13AMA display of nearly 200 quilts filled the arena at Gibsons and Area Com-munity Centre last weekend in a biennial show hosted by the SC Quilters’ Guild.
National Quilt Museum winners on display at Dunedin Fine Art Center Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:51PMBy Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Thursday, July 7, 2011 Kaya Jill, left, and Catherine Bergmann of the Dunedin Fine Art Center make sure Sunflower Sutra by Marion Perrault and Helen Scheffer is straight. DUNEDIN — These giant sunflowers grow where none have grown before — on the walls of the Dunedin Fine Art Center. "Sunflower: New Quilts From an Old Favorite" is a sunny collection of ...
Boredom in the summer Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:54AMBy Bonnie Talley, Quiltlady | July 7, 2011 11:42 a.m. | 0 comments Oh, to have such a problem! I get so amazed that people can say that they can find nothing to do here in the summertime.
Quilt show fundraiser for humane society Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:03AMCHASSELL - As the Copper Country Strawberry Festival enters its 63rd year as a fundraiser for the Chassell Lions Club, the Portage Quilt House will be sponsoring its seventh annual quilt show during the festival, with all proceeds going to the...
Post 9/11, a security blanket for a wounded nation Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:16PMMARTINSBURG, W. Va. — Brian Tolstyka stood at the edge of a giant American flag spread across several tables in the Veterans Affairs hospital gym. Wearing a leather vest with a flag patch and a hat with a flag pin, Tolstyka was about to stitch his place in history.
Local Beat Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:26PMJuly 6 Eureka Crime Watch will hold its regular monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Eureka United Methodist Church. Special guest will be Chief Deputy Mike Cox from the Navarro County Sheriff’s Department. The public is invited to attend, and refreshments will be served
Auction Albuquerque - Bid Daddy Auctions Announces 362 Items are Available for Bidding for The July 5th 2011 Auction Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 5:13PM1Galoob Speedwave II Corvette Stingray RC Car2Lot of Tools2 Folding Saws w/ Replacement Blades2 Small Garden Rakes, Black Decker 7 1/4" Wood Cutting Circular Saw Blade New In Pkg 3Box LotMosquito Control, Hot Tub Chemicals, GrassWeeder, and more 4USA Flag Set Incl. Eagle, Pole, Brackets, Screws, Fasteners NEW IN PACKAGE 54 Hummingbird Feeders6Assorted Air Diffusers...
Senior Stitchers move into new headquarters Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:31PMPARKERSBURG - The Community Senior Stitchers, whose creations help the needy, children, soldiers and cancer patients have moved into new headquarters at the Wood County Senior Citizens Center.
Local Quilters Donates Services to Help Children With Autism, Special Needs Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:34PMPiecing together fabrics to create works of art is the business of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild, which consists of about 80 quilters in the Franklin County area.
Crews Restore Torn Flag From Ground Zero Site Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:51PMCrews patch together, stitch by stitch, a 9/11 flag that hung at a construction site that was ripped by scaffolding Full Coverage: Rise of Freedom 10 Things You May Not Know About Fourth of July | PHOTOS YOU DECIDE: Proud of America?
A Torn 9/11 Flag is Repaired, One Loving Stitch at a Time Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 1:51PMIn the days after the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001 an American flag appeared on the side of a construction site overlooking Ground Zero in downtown New York. A construction crew hung the thirty foot flag on 90 West Street as a symbol of hope for volunteers searching for survivors in the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
Post-9/11, flag is security blanket for a wounded nation Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 6:36PMThe National 9/11 Flag, a mended 30-foot flag that flew from a half-destroyed building across from Ground Zero after Sept. 11, has been traveling the country ever since, a symbol of a wounded but resilient nation.
Art quilts exhibit in July at Oregon History Museum Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 11:00AMThe Oregon History Museum will showcase a stunning selection of art quilts made by local and international artists during the month of July.
Post-9/11, a security blanket for a wounded nation Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 10:25AMTAMARA LUSH Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W. Va. Brian Tolstyka stood at the edge of a giant American flag spread across several tables in the Veterans Affairs hospital gym. Wearing a leather vest with a flag patch and a hat with a flag pin, Tolstyka was about to stitch his place in history. Gently clasping a threaded needle between thumb and forefinger, Tolstyka, 43, slipped it into the fabric ...
Winningest Musher in the World Jeff King Comes Out of Retirement After a Good Night’s Sleep Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 2:53AMFour-time Iditarod champion returns to the race after sleeping on a Back Performance mattress from Paramount Sleep(PRWEB) July 02, 2011 Alaska is his home. The Iditarod is his passion. His mattress? The Back Performance mattress from Paramount Sleep. Jeff King, the four-time Iditarod champion who is widely recognized as the “Winningest Musher in the World” has come out of retirement to enter the ...
One stitch at a time Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 1:38AMOVERTON – Shirley Burkhead and Gene Raney don’t send soldiers serving overseas just any ordinary care package.
Celebrating the Fourth of July weekend Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:28AMMark Boon wasn’t surprised when he received a call from the Ludington Area Jaycees recently, but he was surprised with the message — that the group wanted him as Freedom Festival Grand Parade grand marshal.
Exhibits Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:11AMThe holiday weekend kicks off with a First Friday Gallery Hop celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. (and beyond) today around Railroad Square Art Park, off Railroad Avenue near the entrance of the FAMU campus.
One Class Grant Helping Kids Learn to Sew Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:47PMThe kids are still enjoying their summer break, but HOI 19 News and CEFCU are revisiting schools that received a $1,000 one class at a time grants from us during the past year.
Quilts for American’s soldiers Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:23PMQuilts for Wounded Warriors is a volunteer project sponsored by American Legion Post 489 in Sonoma, and coordinated by Bob and Kaye Kinsey and Broadway Quilts. The project provides handmade quilts to injured servicemen and women who arrive at Travis Air Force Base for medical attention from Afghanistan, Iraq and other areas. Each handmade quilt is especially designed and sized for use on medical ...
Community Q&A: Sue Purdon Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 8:50AMWhen Sue Purdon moved to Alaska in 1989 for husband Rick’s duty assignment in the Air Force, she decided to give quilting a try. She has now crafted more than 100 of her own quilts in addition to working on the projects of countless others. A couple of years ago, with several “UFOs” (unfinished objects) or unquilted pieced tops around the house, she decided to purchase a long arm quilting ...
South metro arts and leisure briefs: Caponi photo class can help with contest Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:17AMA new photography class at Caponi Art Park will introduce basic tips to improve your photo shooting. The session, scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. July 15, will help with travel, candid, landscape and macro shots.
Quilt with photos way of giving back to vets Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 11:57AMAs Becky Totten stood in front of the quilt she spent six months sewing, she looked at the faces of the men who adorned the white squares of fabric.