Quilt Show & Airing of Quilts in Sealy, Texas March 31, 2012
02-26-2012, 07:25 AM
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Quilt Show & Airing of Quilts in Sealy, Texas March 31, 2012
A quilt exhibit sponsored by the Sealy Area Historical Society featuring antique quilts will be on display at the Liedertafel in Sealy, Texas on March 31, 2012. Dr. Kitty Ledbetter will present at a reception held on Friday, March 30, at 6:00 PM at the Liedertafel. Dr. Ledbetter is a professional quilt appraiser, award-winning quilter, and scholar of nineteenth-century needlework. She is author of Victorian Needlework, a guide to nineteenth-century needlework techniques, technology, resources, significance, and practices. Dr. Ledbetter will also appraise quilts during the Quilt Show on March 31, 2012. Appetizers and refreshment will be served at the Quilt Show Reception. Admission to the reception is $8.00. Admission to the Quilt Show on March 31 is $2.00.
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In addition to the Quilt Show, the Spring Picnic will be held on March 31, 2012 at the Santa Fe Museum Grounds in Sealy, Texas. The Spring Picnic has the feel of a picnic at the turn of the 20th Century. Games and tournaments will include: croquet, badminton, washer pitching, hoop and stick races, tricycle races, checkers & dominoes. Entertainment will include a puppet show of circus animals, a parade of antique cars, trucks, tractors and horse drawn wagons, a skit featuring Bonnie and <ST1lace w:st="on">Clyde</ST1lace> engaged in a shootout, Peggy Carter singing and playing dulcimers, the E-Flat Porch Band, and a vintage baseball tournament. Exhibits will include many antique toys and dolls. For more information visit www.sealyhistoricalsociety.org.<O></O>
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lace w:st="on">Clyde</ST1lace> engaged in a shootout, Peggy Carter singing and playing dulcimers, the E-Flat Porch Band, and a vintage baseball tournament. Exhibits will include many antique toys and dolls. For more information visit www.sealyhistoricalsociety.org.<O></O><O
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02-27-2012, 12:00 PM
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Sealy is approximately 51 miles west of Houston, TX on I-10.
It's a much shorter distance from where we live, so I hope to get up there to see their quilt exhibit. I looked at their website, but they don't have anything about the quilt exhibit yet.
It's a much shorter distance from where we live, so I hope to get up there to see their quilt exhibit. I looked at their website, but they don't have anything about the quilt exhibit yet.
02-28-2012, 09:09 PM
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Please check our website www.sealyhistoricalsociety.org again. Have added a link on the left side of the "home" page titled 2012 Quilt Show. The Quilt Show & Sale are held in conjunction with our Spring Picnic. Check the website for details for all activities--great for all ages.
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