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Author: Lois Levihn

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COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS – Around The Frame

December 4, 2020December 7, 2020 Lois Levihn
We’re counting down the days to Christmas as we spiritually prepare for the birth of the Christ Child. ... Read more
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WEDDING BELLS FOR KIMBERLY AND ROBERT – Around The Frame

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Lois Levihn
It’s a story as old as time: A man and woman meet, over time they fall in love and get married. That’s what happened this Halloween to my son Robert and his beautiful bride Kimberly. How they met, I don’t know, how they fell in love, I don’t know. All ... Read more
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A LABOR OF LOVE – Around The Frame

September 11, 2020September 15, 2020 Lois Levihn
Back in the late 1980’s, I met Deb Steeg when I worked for a doctor where she was a patient. It was on Valentine’s Day 1989 that she delivered her beautiful daughter Jamie and ten months later I delivered my son Robert. Flash forward and we became ... Read more
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THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER – Around The Frame

August 14, 2020August 17, 2020 Lois Levihn
It’s the Dog Days of Summer and we’re feeling the heat here in the Northern Hemisphere. The “Dog Days of Summer” run from the third week of July to the third week of August coinciding with the rising of Sirius the Dog Star found in the constellation ... Read more
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CELEBRATING UNCLE SAM – Around The Frame

July 3, 2020July 10, 2020 Lois Levihn
A glorious 4th of July to all! What a great time for fun, food and fireworks with social distancing and masks thrown in for good measure. Beyond the 3F’s it is also a time to reflect on our country and the struggles and hardships our founding fathers ... Read more
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THE TIES THAT BIND – Around The Frame

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Lois Levihn
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers and father figures out there! What a special day to relax and enjoy your children whether they are young ones or young-at-heart. If you are a dad of a certain age, you will remember your children gifting you ... Read more
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MONETTE CABRERA & HER ‘TINY HOUSE’ QUILT – Around The Frame

June 5, 2020June 11, 2020 Lois Levihn
In the early 1990’s when son Robert was young, I became a Tupperware Dealer. Using my marketing skills, in my first full quarter I was the top dealer in the seven-state region! I had a chain of parties going through the local Filipino Community ... Read more
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REMEMBERING MOM & THOSE WHO FELL – Around The Frame

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Lois Levihn
This Waynedale News issue is perfectly timed between Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. It is fitting to honor mothers who brought us into life as we also remember those who gave up their lives for our freedom in the same issue. This Mother’s Day was ... Read more
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MAKING THE BEST OF A CHALLENGING TIME – Around The Frame

April 24, 2020May 3, 2020 Lois Levihn
Did you miss your favorite Waynedale News writers? The downturn in the economy has left very few businesses unscathed including the Waynedale News, that didn’t publish two weeks ago. Soon, we all hope, organizations and people will be having ... Read more
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SPREADING THE LOVE OF PHILANTHROPIC QUILT MAKING

March 13, 2020March 17, 2020 Lois Levihn
Happy International Quilting Day! ... Read more
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THE ARTISTRY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUILT MAKERS – Around The Frame

February 14, 2020February 26, 2020 Lois Levihn
As we celebrate Black History Month, I’m reminded of the artistry of African-American quilts and their makers. The tradition of African-American quilts is centuries old. Like their white counter parts, African-American women spun, sewed ... Read more
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WAVE YOUR TEAM’S PENNANT! – Around The Frame

January 17, 2020January 27, 2020 Lois Levihn
The Super Bowl game will soon be here and it looks like there may be an unfamiliar champ as regular contenders, New Orleans and New England, have already been knocked out. I recently came across four vintage NFL pennants most likely from the 1960’s ... Read more
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CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS MAKE THE DANGEST GIFTS – Around The Frame

December 6, 2019December 24, 2019 Lois Levihn
Over the years I’ve created all sorts of Christmas stockings: golf courses, bowling pins, light bulbs, dog bones – you name it. I’ve also beautifully embroidered a few that are very special to me. ... Read more
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DOWNSIZING DILEMMA: THE PLIGHT OF OVERALL BOY AND SUE – Around The Frame

November 8, 2019November 15, 2019 Lois Levihn
You read a lot of them in the newspapers and online these days: Estate auctions and tag sales with the word DOWNSIZING prominently in the title to alert the readers that whole lifetimes of possessions are soon to be sold as their soon-to-be-former ... Read more
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FLAMINGO FUN! – Around The Frame

August 30, 2019September 6, 2019 Lois Levihn
Once again, I had a great time at the Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Show. The corn-on-the-cob still at $1 an ear was great and the quilt show was full of wonderful vibrant quilts. ... Read more
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SEW MUCH FUN: FONS AND PORTER INDUCTED INTO QUILTERS HALL OF FAME – Around The Frame

August 2, 2019August 20, 2019 Lois Levihn
It was a beautiful Friday afternoon when my friend Priscilla and I headed to Marion, Indiana to meet Marianne Fons and Liz Porter on the eve of their induction into the Quilters Hall of Fame. ... Read more
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THE GREAT QUILT ADVENTURE – Around The Frame

July 5, 2019July 8, 2019 Lois Levihn
On a recent Saturday morning the door at Born Again Quilts opened and in walked Karen Rydman of Ossian. Karen announced that she has been wanting to come visit BAQ for a long time since she had been following my Waynedale News column for years. ... Read more
Sugar sack and Margaret
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MARGARET PROPHET & HER SUGAR SACK QUILT BACK – Around The Frame

June 7, 2019June 11, 2019 Lois Levihn
Recently I went to a garage sale promoted for people interested in fabric, sewing or quilting items: No one else need come. I was intrigued by the classified and figured it would be worth a stop. Not only did I purchase lots of quilt quality fabric, ... Read more
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A QUILTING LEGACY – Around The Frame

May 10, 2019May 15, 2019 Lois Levihn
Happy Mother’s Day! ... Read more
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AROUND THE AUTOPSY TABLE AT THE HUBER – Around The Frame

April 12, 2019April 17, 2019 Lois Levihn
Over 400 quilt enthusiasts enjoyed the Quilt Fair at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville, Ohio. It was heartening to hear people tell me how they read about it in the Waynedale News! ... Read more
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CELEBRATING QUILTERS AND QUILTS WHILE RESTORING AN OPERA HOUSE – Around The Frame

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Lois Levihn
The third Saturday of March is International Quilting Day and this year a new quilter will be counted amongst us. A couple of months ago I got an E-mail from 20-year-old Chris Winters asking me if I could teach him how to quilt. I invited him to come ... Read more
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – Around The Frame

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019 Lois Levihn
You may remember my August 3, 2018 article about Quilters Hall of Fame inductee Xenia Cord and her Beanie Baby bashing quilt she made for a friend. Xenia is a woman of many talents including quilter, educator, researcher and writer. During a ... Read more
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TIME FOR A NEW YEAR – Around The Frame

January 18, 2019January 20, 2019 Lois Levihn
Happy New Year dear Waynedale Readers! By the time you read this, Meteorological Winter is half over. Winter weather hasn’t been too bad and the time keeps flying by. ... Read more
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A GRANDMOTHER’S QUILT GOES HOME FOR THANKSGIVING – Around The Frame

December 7, 2018December 12, 2018 Lois Levihn
It was the first weekend of December 2010 that I met Therese “Terry” Mihlbauer at the Unitarian Universalist Church Craft Show. Terry walked up to my booth and upon learning I restore quilts told me about a special family quilt she would like ... Read more
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VETERANS ARE HONORED WITH PATRIOTIC QUILTS – Around The Frame

November 9, 2018November 14, 2018 Lois Levihn
This year November 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which ended WW I. Formerly known as Armistice Day and now Veterans Day it is the day our nation pauses to give thanks and show appreciation to all of the fine men and ... Read more
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