Community

Community is a great word with wonderful meaning: a group of people, a neighborhood, kinship, the public, the people. Have you lately experienced community? It is a great happening or condition! We have community of fellow citizens; we have community of educators; we have community of quilters; we have community of leaders politically. There are many ways we can find community. Bobby and I just experienced community of our daughters and their friends. There was a gathering of that community around the spring sporting event on Saturday for convivial conversation and food. It is especially nice when the young people include the "seniors" in their gathering. It is especially nice to observe the developing community and the evolution of the very young into social beings. I watched Reid as he (age 15 months) approached another baby with an expression of wonder and inquiry. Reid has a facial expression that is worth a thousand words. He looked this one-year-old directly in the face and got not much response so he just flashed his winning smile of acceptance. It is one that no one can resist - the smile comes and you are instantly "taken". It is priceless to see the sharing offers and attempts to become friends. Of course Reid has two handy examples of how to get along in his brother Jackson and close-as-a-brother-cousin Wyatt. Life is wonderful at this stage! By the way, the younger baby finally came around to being friendly with Reid. Community is great!

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: 50% off Thimbleberries Books
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will feature Thimbleberries books at 50% off. This is in no way a misprint. Thimbleberries books are 50% off original price until the end of the day on Saturday, April 16, 2011. You choose from the basket of books the ones you want. You will find the choices are varied from table runners to king-sized quilts and all between these in sizes. Most of these are very easy to make and are graphic and beautiful designs. We do have quite a variety of projects and designs. This is a bargain, ladies.

Classroom Models Available
At Heirlooms & Comforts we still have several classroom machines available at great prices (too low to be able to advertise. Several are Designers and there are some Sapphire 875Q models. You should test sew on these to see how well they sew. There are not many of these to sell, so come by soon.