GREENWOOD – An unfinished quilt inherited from her grandmother led Judy Hendrix to a four-decade love affair with quilting that grows each day. The Greenwood woman will share her passion for quilting and her love of fabric, color and quilt design during a trunk show entitled “Making Friends and Making Quilts” on Saturday, Oct. Her mother sent the quilt, still on the quilt frame, to Hendrix. Her grandmother had painstakingly drawn the quilting pattern on the fabric with blue fabric markers, so it was clear what needed to be done to finish the quilt. While it took four years to finish grandma’s quilt, it did not take long for Hendrix to catch the quilting bug and dive head first into the hobby.

Franks has attracted new customers to his store with a new Web site, and he’s keep his loyal customers coming back by incorporating their input in changes at the store. My wife uses and owns Viking sewing machines at her business and asked me to see if we could buy this one to keep the doors open, and it looked like a good move in June 2008. But my wife already had a business in Billings Heights, and we have owned that business for 15 years. I have asked the business class at Montana State University Billings to analyze my store to give me a new perspective and maybe even a new direction.

Delaine Gately is the featured artist at this weekend’s West Sound Quilters Show at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds President’s Hall. That’s why this Gig Harbor woman is the featured artist at this weekend’s West Sound Quilters show at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. She’s exhibiting 11 large quilts, 35 small wall or lap quilts, several pieces of wearable art, silk ribbon pillows and various dolls and bears she has dressed. Be nice - If you want your comment gems to survive, you won’t defame, threaten or be abusive to other readers or the subjects of our stories. If you see a comment that violates the rules, click “Suggest removal” to flag that comment for further review by our staff. Ask questions, share your knowledge, and help us get the story right - If you are aware of a factual error in a story, want to share facts or background information you know about the story, or think there are issues we should follow up on, e-mail our local news desk.

Ross was one of several quilting enthusiasts who traveled to Carrollton earlier this month to celebrate quilting culture and promote the future Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. Kimber Pepper, president of the West Georgia Quilters Guild, said the convention succeeded in its goal of raising awareness about the museum. As part of that group effort, Pepper said, many West Georgia residents have already offered to donate family heirlooms in the form of old textile equipment or valuable quilts to the future museum. Recently, Osterkamp formed the Southeast Quilt and Textile Museum as a separate entity from the Georgia Quilt Council.