Betty Ann Schilling of Parkersburg demonstrates how to hand-quilt during the open house of the sixth annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History on Saturday. The quilt exhibit will remain open in the museum through March 28. PARKERSBURG - More than 200 people attended the open house of the sixth annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show at the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History Saturday. The exhibit began with a free open house Saturday and will continue through March 28 at the museum at Second and Juliana streets. Registration for each class is due by March 18 and the cost for each class is $12 for Friends of Blennerhassett members and $15 for non-members. Facebook MySpace Digg Stumble Mixx Fark del.

The quilts hanging on the walls around the library show the variations of color and style that go into this art form. If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you don’t want to miss the Sterling Public Library’s seventh annual Quilt Show. Jean Williamson shows the back of her Lucky Dragon quilt during the Quilt Show reception Tuesday. The show displays a wide variety of colors, patterns and techniques, demonstrating that quilting is as much of an art form as painting or sculpting. This year’s show also includes a silent auction for a 96”x96” Grandmother’s Fan quilt made by Jeanne Davis, Sandi Heaston, Lireva Lenz, Jeannette Lininger, Timi McCormick, Katherine Miles, Ruth Prall, Dorothy Schreyer and Janet Strasser. This quilt is made of 1930s reproduction prints and was displayed at the quilt show in 2008.

LAMPASAS – A comforting history was on display in Lampasas this weekend, with hand-me-down quilts dating back to 1860s alongside modern quilts by local practitioners for the Needle Art and Quilt Show. The museum hosts the annual event as a fundraiser for the Keystone Square Museum, but also to support quilt making in the modern age, Detrick said. The quilt of an antique Singer sewing machine that Lampasas resident Joyce Lucas, 64, entered was made to teach an aging fellow quilter in the local circles the watercolor style, which uses colors and patterns within the fabric to make the quilt’s pattern. At the Keystone Square Museum, where the show was hosting an exhibit of aprons on loan from a local author, Gonzales pointed to the needle work and artifacts such as a hand-crank washing machine on display at the museum.

The Shelter Box project was conceived and developed by Tom Henderson, a member of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard, Cornwall District, in Great Britain as their Millennium Service Project. Tom designed a tent, researched suppliers and — through trial and error — developed the Shelter Box. The chapter serves 33 counties of North Carolina as well as the entire state of South Carolina by hosting local programs for more than 8,000 people living with MS, and by raising money for national and international MS research. Hospice Cleveland County offers a number of opportunities for volunteer involvement, including direct contact with pa-tients/families, assisting in the office, or at Wendover, our inpatient/residential facility. Hospice Cleveland County exists to provide high quality skilled compassionate care and support for patients with a life-limiting illness, their families, and the community, regard-less of ability to pay. This group will focus on helping you develop a healthy body image, good exercise habits and support and encourage you every step of the way; staff will help you develop an accountability partner and exercise buddy, provide a place to share your hopes, dreams and goals in a safe and confidential setting.