HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO GRANDMA KAREN!
This Mother’s Day is a very special one for my older sister Karen (Levihn) Leach. She and her husband Tom became first time grandparents when son Nick and his wife Angie welcomed son Cohen Joshua into . . .
POSY POWER PACKS PUNCH AT STRING-A-LONG QUILT SHOW
The biennial spring quilt show hosted by the String-A-Long Quilt Guild of Valparaiso was truly outstanding. There were more vendors, attendees and quilts than ever before at this year’s . . .
For the first time in 26 years, the Macedonian Patriotic Organization (MPO) will hold its annual convention in Fort Wayne over this Labor Day Weekend August 31 – September 3.
This convention will mark the 90th anniversary of the MPO and the public . . .
THE WOMAN WHO
LOVES ELEPHANTS
Three years ago Perfect Location Realty moved into the Macedonian Tribune building that I manage for the Macedonian Patriotic Organization. A fledging real estate company, co-owners Zack Wilson and Justin Geeting brought . . .
For some March is all about college kids dunking balls through a hoop, but not for quilters! This March there are quilt events to attend and enjoy and many of them are free.
First the Sisters of the Cloth Quilt Guild’s exhibit at the Jeffrey R. . . .
A TALE OF
QUILT AND COMFORT
It was the best of quilts, it was the worst of quilts. How else to describe a quilt, a knotted comforter actually comprised of the most precious embroidered prayer blocks, machine sewn around the edge to the top of the heaviest, . . .
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUILT EXHIBIT
The Sisters of the Cloth Quilting Guild will exhibit quilts from the 1930s to present in the Krull Gallery at the downtown Allen County Public Library from February 20-March 30. The . . .
GHANAIAN KENTE CLOTH EXHIBIT AT THE FORT WAYNE MUSEUM
OF ART
Happy New Year!
If you are a lover of textiles I hope you had the opportunity to visit the Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s exhibit on Ghanaian kente cloth which closed January 8.
Located . . .
‘TIS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
‘Tis the week before Christmas and my fingers are sore
from cutting and binding and quilting and more.
The ideal is to be done some time in November
It ain’t going to happen, not this year, not ever.
The . . .
BUGGY AND ME: A LOVE STORY
Veterans Day 2011: how could a day that started so right-end up so heart-breaking wrong?
The day started as usual about 5:15 a.m., feline fur child Sabrina steadily makes her way up my body as I lay in bed. She stops to knead . . .
FABRIC AND FRIENDS FIRST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
I heard about it for months.
“Have you seen the new quilt shop in Roanoke?”
“It has a man-cave.”
“The fabric selection is huge.”
Even my non-quilting friends were raving about . . .
STITCHING FOR OUR VETERANS: QUILTS OF VALOR
This will be a special Veteran’s Day-11/11/11. It was on this the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 that WW I, the war to end all wars, came to an end. When legislation was passed in 1938, November . . .
Halloween Costume Fun
If you are looking for an easy Halloween costume to make for a young man in your life, I found making a pirate costume for my son Robert not only easy, but; downright fun to make. This costume starts with black sweat pants and . . .
Two year retrospect: Looking back – Looking forward
It hit me two weeks ago when I started to write column Number 51. My next article would mark the second anniversary of my writing “Around the Frame” for The Waynedale News. It doesn’t . . .
Catherine’s flower garden quilt.
One of the most popular quilt designs of the 1925 -1940 era was Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Comprised of hexagons and generally featuring a plain color hexagon “path” to set one garden off from . . .
KENT MICK:
A MAN AND HIS QUILTS
Apparently unable to find a third guest speaker in a row named “Lois” for the 25th annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Quilt Show quilt, this year’s speaker was Kent Mick aka Practice . . .
FROM MANHOLE COVERS TO ASIAN INFLUENCES: THE QUILTS OF BUNNIE JORDAN
While friend Robin and I were at the Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration in July, we joined other quilt enthusiasts in an exhibit walk-through with quilter-appraiser-author and quilt . . .
Happy International Left-hander’s Day!
Once again it is time for me and my fellow southpaws to celebrate International Left-handers Day on August 13.
The father of a dear lefty friend recently shares with me how he used to teach diversity awareness . . .
Celebration 2011: Robert and Ardis James inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame
It’s mid-July and once again it is time to trek down to Marion, Indiana for the annual celebration for the latest inductees into the Quilters Hall of Fame.
I email . . .
Quilting fun with Marty
the (former) nun
Nearly four years ago I begin to work for the Macedonian Patriotic Organization in downtown Fort Wayne. One of my new co-workers is Marty a former nun who used to teach business classes at Bishop Luers High School . . .
Great-Grandfather’s Quilt
Recently a woman brought a quilt to the Born Again Quilts studio in need of restoration. The quilt is a simple one made of fabric squares seams sewn together with big, now broken stitches precipitating the need for repairs. . . .
Cats and Quilts
June is here and once again the ASPCA celebrates “Adopt a Shelter Cat Month.”
There is nothing more endearing than a shelter cat sitting alertly on a quilt- in -the -frame batting at the thread as it’s manipulated . . .
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: FREEDOM IS THE
LIGHT TO THE WORLD
It was a dark and stormy night in early May, as I traveled back from Van Wert, Ohio after giving a presentation on quilts and the restoration process to the local Isaac Van Wart . . .
FIRST ANNUAL FIBER FESTIVAL DRAWS DYED-IN-THE-WOOL ENTHUSIASTS
You had to be a dyed-in-the-wool fiber enthusiast if you were among the lucky to attend the first day of the fiber festival. Two days before such a late Easter and who would expect not only . . .
Happy Mother’s Day! Whether by birth, choice or mother-figure this Sunday we honor the mothers in our lives. How can one thank them enough for all they do?
Growing into my role as Robert’s mom makes me appreciate my mom all the more. I look . . .
PETS RULE AT PET EXPO
If you are a pet lover, make certain you are at the Memorial Coliseum next weekend, April 30-May 1.
The Allen County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals inaugurates the Northern Indiana Pet Expo and the real cool thing . . .
FIRST ANNUAL NORTHEAST INDIANA FIBER FESTIVAL (AND I’M NOT TALKIN’ METAMUCIL)
Northeast Indiana Fiber Festival
April 22
9 a.m.-7 p.m.
April 23
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Noble County Fairgrounds
Kendallville, IN
Admission: . . .
Wheel of Fortune!
Long before it was the name of a game show, Wheel of Fortune was the name of a popular quilt block. Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns illustrates fifteen different variations of Wheel of Fortune. “Fortune” . . .
Quilts of Faith
It is no surprise many of our quilting foremothers turned to their Bibles for inspiration.
Their faith is borne out in the Old Testament blocks Joseph’s coat, Job’s tears, Jacob’s ladder, David and Goliath, the . . .
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum
As summer approaches there are many quilt festivals, shows and museums to visit and enjoy.
Nearly ten years ago I participated in a quilt restoration workshop taught by Nancy Kirk owner of . . .