Southport Quilters Guild Annual Members Show & 2013 National Quilt Day Event March 2, 2013

Southport Quilters Guild Annual Members Show
March 2-24, 2013 Kenosha Public Museum Daimler Chrysler Hall
5500 First Avenue • Kenosha, WI 53140 • 262-653-4140 • www.KenoshaPublicMuseum.org
This year's theme is "Traditions and Treasures" and features the quilt challenge "What's Behind the Door?" Each quilter has a picture of a door and is challenged with making a 20"x20" quilt imagining what is behind their door. Visit the exhibit March 2-24, 2013 in the Kenosha Public Museum Daimler Chrysler Hall Sunday and Monday 12 to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Closed Holidays.

2013 National Quilt Day - Saturday, March 16
Event Schedule
9:00 am-5:00 pm: “Traditions & Treasures” and quilt challenge by members of the Southport Quilters Guild on display in DaimlerChrysler Hall.

9:00 am-1:30 pm: Quilting Demonstrations by Southport Quilters Guild members and family activities in the Artists Studio and on the Mezzanine.

2:00 pm: Join us for a presentation by Darlene Kronschnabel Free tickets available March 16 beginning at 9 am. Seating is limited and first-come, first-served.

"Feed Sacks…Yesterday's Cherished Fabrics" Presented by Darlene Kronschnabel The fabulous calico-printed feed sacks from the 30s and 40s came with buying essentials for the home or farm, something soft and pretty in times of hardship and rationing. The nostalgia for feed sacks brings back happy memories of grandmother’s aprons, tea towels and little girls’ dresses. Kronschnabel shares interesting feed sack stories, such as how their sales predicted the outcome of the Dewey/Truman race for the White House. Included is a display of assorted feed sacks, garments, and quilts, and swatch books. The humble but colorful feed sack still has a story to tell today. Darlene Kronschnabel, an award-winning writer, has helped cooks please palates for over twenty years in magazines, cookbooks and for such respected publishers as Better Homes and Gardens, Ideals, and Reiman Publications. She serves as a writing instructor at the School of the Arts at Rhinelander and for the Continuing Education Course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/KPMKenosha?ref=ts&fref=ts