Ruth Bourns holds one of her quilts in in her Westport studio. Ruth Bourns’ Crib Quilts were born out of a love for the quilts she used to cover up her own three babies in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standing in what once functioned as a guest house and perhaps even migrant worker’s quarters behind her Drift Road farm house, Bourns’ studio is a well-crafted space for her quilts. Bourns uses only quality fabrics to produce her quilts, and other accessories like belts, jewelry pouches and eye pillows. For 40 years, Bourns used her trusted Featherweight, until buying a new machine, a Pfaff Tiptronic 2040 to add to her studio. Bourns’ quilts and accessories are available in her studio, open by appointment; at Gallery 4, 3848 Main Road, Tiverton; Navio Artisans Collective, 65 William St.

Some are created to hang as art, and might include photo transfers, digital, sun printed or painted textiles, hand and machine stitching, beading, appliqués, and unexpected patterns and subjects. The 38 selected quilts are by Betty Amador of West Hills, Madeleine Bajracharya of Glendale; Loris Bogue of Simi Valley; Linda Cassirer of Santa Barbara; Margery Coler of Ojai; Susan Conn Italo of Ojai; Sherry Davis Kleinman of Pacific Palisades; Isabel Downs of Santa Barbara; Sally Gould Wright of Los Angeles; Ranell Hansen of Carpinteria; Becky Haycox of Ventura; Margarete Heinisch of West Hills; Patty Latourell of Ventura; Rebecca Lowry of Los Angeles; Rodi Shemeta Ludlum of Oak Park; Pat Masterson of Ventura; Linda A. Miller of Culver City; Lorna Morck of Los Alamos; Roger Nguyen of Ventura; Kristin Otte of Goleta; Pamela Price Klebaum of Ventura; Karen Rips of Thousand Oaks; Carolyn Ryan of Thousand Oaks; Judy Rys of Goleta; Gayle Simpson of Thousand Oaks; Jeanne Surber of Santa Barbara; Susie Swan of Ojai; and Susan West of Santa Barbara. However, quilters have historically embraced innovations, such as advances in textile printing in the 1700s, the introduction of the sewing machine in the 1800s, and ready-made patterns in the 1900s.

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Mother and daughter team Mickey, left, and April Zimmer reorganize items in their quilting store Sweetwater Cotton Shoppe in Paynesville. PAYNESVILLE â” The women at the Sweetwater Cotton Shoppe in Paynesville and thousands of other entrepreneurs around the country are hoping The 3/50 Project will help customers remember to support their local businesses. Gray is also a supporter of The 3/50 Project, which encourages people to choose three locally owned brick-and-mortar businesses and do $50 of their monthly spending at those local businesses. According to The 3/50 Project site, people who want to participate should begin by choosing three locally owned businesses that have a bricks-and-mortar presence in their communities. Sections Home News Sports Olympics Opinion Obituaries Milestones Topics Entertainment Multimedia WebCams Contests Photo Store About Advertising Information Comments/Questions FCC Careers Privacy Statement Terms & Conditions Tools & Features Calendar Mobile Deals Email Alerts RSS Feeds Archive Video Photo Galleries FCC Digital Network Jobshq.