Quilting exhibit opens Saturday - West Branch Times - West Branch, Iowa - westbranchtimes. The Herbert Hoover Museum’s newest exhibit, “Patterns of the Past,” will explore selected heirloom quilt patterns as they have evolved over nearly 100 years from 1850 to 1940. Two examples of her unusual quilts are a handkerchief quilt and a quilt from the 1933 World’s Fair. During America’s push to the Western frontier, pioneering families were encouraged to bring enough bedding to last a few years, because both quilting supplies and quilting time would be scarce on the frontier. During the Bicentennial of the American Revolution in 1976, a revival of interest in quilting caused the American public to rediscover the beauty of Amish and Mennonite quilting as well as traditional patterns of the past.

The San Pedro River Arts Council, in conjunction with Cochise College and the Benson/San Pedro Valley Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring a visual art exhibition at Cochise College Benson Center during the month of March. The Benson Museum and Art and Quilt Gallery invite the public to view a display of the historic Hotel Arnold this month and in February. The work of photographers Ingrid Curry, Darlene Rodriguez, Becky Fortenberry and Winona Sharp, is being shown in City Hall Gallery for a show entitled “The Doors of Cochise County. For information and tickets call (520) 384-3123, (520) 384-3102 or send a check in the appropriate amount to the Willcox Cowbelles, P.

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Juneau Yacht Club monthly dinner and program, 6 p. Glacier Valley Rotary Club meeting, noon every Wednesday, Juneau International Airport Aurora Room. Juneau School District Budget Committee meeting, 6-8 p. Juneau School District ¾ and 5/6 levels Battle of the Books, 6 p.

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