Quilting Show in Shiner, Texas

Shiner Heritage 2009 Quilt Show
“Spring Into Quilting”--A Texas Quilt Show

DATES: Friday, March 20, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

LOCATION: First United Methodist Church Activity Center, 102 W. Church St, (off Hwy 90A) Shiner, TX.

Antique and modern quilts and needle art; vendors, “The Scissors Guy”, demonstrations, food/drink concessions, special display featuring Bible-themed quilts; block challenge; donation quilt; $3.00 admission daily.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Irene Cerny, Email: igcerny@gvec.net; Phone: 361-594-3185


And an additional event on Saturday, March 21st, is a downtown trades fair; gift items, crafts, a garage sale area, and food booth

WEB SITE: www.shinertx.com; EMAIL: shinerchamber@sbcglobal.net; PHONE: 361-594-4180

AURORA

For your pleasure: The Trailer to Jane Kirkpatrick's Book, AURORA. To read more about Jane Kirkpatrick, go to http://www.jkbooks.com/ Jane captures the beauty of a quilting tradition.

LIVING GREEN

On my Amazon blog I wrote an article called "Living Green Before Green Was Cool"

Here is an excerpt:

Near our house was an excellent source of underground water with a pure taste. The only problem was that it was 155 feet below the surface. As a result, obtaining water was always difficult. Mother taught us to conserve water. We shampooed our hair on rainy days under the outside eve of the house, where the water came running down from the tin roof. We hand washed our delicate clothes by hand, bathed in that water beginning with the youngest and finishing with the oldest child, and finally used the water to mop the kitchen floor. We lived green before green was cool!

Also there is an excellent article about quilting with a similar slant. The author of this article experienced quilting the way my family did. It is called "GreenSpace: Quilters were green before it was cool"

Here is a little excerpt from that article: "When I was growing up, you didn't have nothing to throw away. No waste food, no waste clothes, no waste nothing."

I enjoyed this article because it was interesting to see that somebody shared my sentiments about living green.