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Scenes from the quilt show

If you missed the Petaluma Quilt Show on Saturday, August 8, here are a few pictures from the event. Visitors enjoyed seeing the quilts inside the churches and hearing stories about the churches' colorful pasts. The Petaluma Historical Museum and the Petaluma Woman's Club both looked wonderful adorned with quilts, as did the Petaluma Art [...]

By | August 11th, 2009|Uncategorized|2 Comments

Quilts at the library, part 3: Meet the quilters

A quilter after my own heart, Cathy Busick specializes in scrap quilts.  Rather than selecting color-coordinated fabrics from a quilt shop, Cathy uses a wide variety of scraps to construct her creations.  From her circle of quilting friends, Cathy collects pieces, patches, and strips of cloth that might otherwise end up in the trash.  Her quilts [...]

By | July 30th, 2009|Uncategorized|3 Comments

iWALK Petaluma Quilt Show

           If you like to walk, you'll enjoy the Petaluma Quilt Show on Saturday, August 8.  Visitors to the annual downtown quilt show can begin their walking tour at the Petaluma Historical Museum at 4th & B Streets. Quilts will be on display indoors at the museum, and outdoors in the [...]

By | July 23rd, 2009|Uncategorized|2 Comments

Quilts at the library, part 2: Meet the quilters

Sue Deal is one of those amazing multi-talented people who quietly accomplishes great feats without ever tooting her own horn.  Only after you have known her for any length of time do you realize that this friendly, smiling person is like an iceberg:  she reveals only a fraction of herself and you have [...]

By | July 19th, 2009|Uncategorized|4 Comments

Quilts at the library

Petaluma is a city of readers.  I know that because often when I want to check out a particular book from the library, the Petaluma copy is already out. Library patrons take heart, though.  To comfort you while you wait for your books to come in, admire the wonderful display of handmade quilts hanging in [...]

By | July 18th, 2009|Uncategorized|5 Comments

Putt-putt on the Petaluma River

  The quilt show cometh: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 11 am to 5 pm in downtown Petaluma. Preparations are feverishly underway, and a preview is available at the Petaluma public library where we have hung our annual display of lovely creations by various local artists. More about that later this week, complete with [...]

By | July 13th, 2009|Uncategorized|4 Comments

Chernobyl Children’s Project

To someone suffering from radiation sickness, cigarette smoke in public parks probably doesn't seem like such a big deal. But then, perhaps it's our concern for public health that attracts visitors from the former USSR to Petaluma. Melissa Hatheway, a mother of four who has hosted participants in the Chernobyl Children's Project, explains that six [...]

By | June 15th, 2009|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Tall Girl

In the "Tall Girl Series: a Body of Work," fiber artist Carol Larson highlights the 40 years since the three surgeries that "broke my body, nearly crushed my spirit, and forever changed my life." At the age of 17, Carol had reached a height of 6'6". With the intention of giving her a "normal life," [...]

By | June 12th, 2009|Uncategorized|1 Comment

La dolce vita

At 71, Patricia Beaver shows no signs of slowing down. "I never pay any attention to my body," she says. "It just keeps going by itself." A long-time resident of Sonoma County, Patricia left town and her second husband about four years ago to follow her dream of living in Italy. She now divides her [...]

By | June 3rd, 2009|Uncategorized|3 Comments

Shake that thing!

This video represents a quilter's entertainment when she's on vacation. I couldn't figure out how to rotate the image, so you'll either have to rotate your screen, or lie down to view it. If any of you know how to rotate a video, clue me in.

By | May 29th, 2009|Uncategorized|6 Comments