WAYNESBORO As Bertha, Ruth and Florence Showalter bend over a new quilting project on its table-length frame, the handiwork of generations of Showalters -- and Heatwoles, Hostetters and other women of ...
Row upon row of women sit hunched over sewing machines. Needles clack. Rotary cutters slice fabric into strips. The sweet smell of ironing hangs in the air. Lake Arrowhead sparkles out the window.
An ice storm is slowing morning commuters, but there’s no stopping the 10 members of the Sewing Circle who convene at a Geneva church for their quilting bee. “When I was out of town, I missed them,” ...
Volunteer quilters at Kahala Nui pose with some of the 80 quilts they made to give as Christmas gifts. From left are Christine Caguioa, director of nursing; Kelly Penn, director of life enrichment; ...
After nearly a year of monthly sewing work, the LIFT Sewing Circle recently presented the Women’s Resource Center with lap robes and quilts. LIFT (Living Information for Today), is sponsored by ...
In centuries past, women sat in a circle around a large frame and made quilts. Today's modern take on the sewing bee is the quilting guild, and the pastime has never been more popular. There are more ...
Sew Loved Women's Center has a variety of missions ― to teach, to provide a comfortable setting and to deliver needed services. It is all about the love of sewing and providing skill training. Vicki ...
Leslie Reese is making the little town of Christiana a destination for quilters throughout the nation. Since she opened The Quilt Ledger shop in 2011 and then converted a Victorian home into a bed-and ...
On May 17, 1934, the inaugural meeting of the Ferndale Sewing Society took place, beginning what would become a community tradition that's still going strong 87 years later. At that first meeting, a ...