As consumers muddle through all that is plaguing the economy, they have battened down the hatches and sharply shifted their spending habits, turning to money-saving options that run the gamut from transportation to health as they find ways to pay for dramatic increases in gasoline and food. According to Information Resources, which uses sales receipts of consumer products as a measure of shopping behavior, they’re forgoing fresh fruits and vegetables in favor of the frozen varieties because they’re cheaper. In the last year, sales volumes of frozen pizza fell 3 percent while receipts for frozen dinners and entrees dropped 4 percent. Yet sales volumes of frozen vegetables rose higher by 4 percent while frozen poultry sales jumped 8 percent. Sales of Spam — the shoulder-pork-in-the-can luncheon meat — are up 10 percent amid a price increase and were a big contributor to parent company Hormel Foods’ second-quarter profit growth. But consumers planning to buy new TVs hit a fresh high, further underscoring their desire — or plain need — to find entertainment at home.

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HAND QUILTING — noon to 4 p. BEGINNING CROCHET — noon to 4 p. WEAVE A BASKET TOTE with shaker tape handles — large enough to carry knitting needles and work, noon to 4 p. HAIRPIN LACE — Noon to 4 p.

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As Museum Director Melinda Huff showed off “Milton Made” star attractions, she handled the quilts with monogrammed white cotton gloves, gently folding back the layers to expose fabrics that are fragile, but still vibrant in color. One of the five quilts that will be on display is a “crazy quilt” crafted by Mary Fox, who was the wife of a Milton merchant, and donated for the exhibit by Fox’s granddaughter, Katherine Grey Ferneyhough. To raise funds for the Fisher Bible Class, more than 750 donors paid a total of $95 to have class members stitch their names on cotton fabric pieces that were made into a red and white subscription quilt. The quilt was bought at auction by Milton Graves for his wife Elsie, and Sue Raley, the Graves’ daughter, donated the quilt to the Milton Historical.