Saturday, October 4;Local Homes Open for Safe Haven Benefit Sep 17, 2008
The room is furnished with antiques and family pieces, including two lamps created by the homeowner from old oil lamp bases and framed crazy quilt samplers from a grandmother's 1879 sea captain's home on Cape Cod ... Originally maids' quarters, a second-floor guest hideaway features charming samplers with a family history and a sewing table rescued from a Cape Cod landfill. (Voices, CT)
Weekend Calendar Sep 11, 2008
Stitches in Time (children ages 4 to 10) is Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. Learn about the embroidered samplers created by young colonial girls, and the fancy wallets carried by colonial men. Stitch a mini-sampler or make a leather coin purse. (Middletown Press, CT)
Annual show features many varieties of quilts ... Students learn bow, rifle safety ... Carthage resident’s grandson awarded national scholarship ... House bill defines rights of reporters ... Blunt denies raising money at mansion ... Residents circulating anti-odor petitions ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Thursday, October 18, 2007 Kathleen Ortiz of Carthage looks at an antique quilt at the Maple Leaf Quilt Show. BUZZ BALL / CARTHAGE PRESS Annual show features many varieties of quilts Oct 18, 2007
Quilts range from original designs, to standard samplers to antiques to small wall hangings. The public will have a chance to vote on the quilts in several categories antique, modern and small quilts. (Carthage Press, MO)
Family's memories help shape 'The War' Sep 23, 2007
Inside, the rooms are thick with antiques and inspirational samplers of the sort you used to find in many American homes. In the main hall, the 48-star flag they flew while Sidney was overseas leans against the wall across from a bust of George Washington. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Stitching together a career Jul 16, 2007
Half the studio is wool yarns and the other half is cross stitch, punchneedle, antique sewing items and samplers I have done, she said. My true passion is counted cross stitch, then knitting. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Weekend Guide Jun 21, 2007
"Sat.: Made in Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition," important examples of frakur, tanware, coverlets, samplers, and painted furniture, through Oct. 14; "Akiko Kotani: Drawing with Silk and Graphite," through Oct. 14. Permanent collection of American art. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
