Lessons in Life

Life is not always easy. That is a good lesson. When something is just handed to a person, she may not value the gift as much as she would have if she had personal effort invested in the acquisition of the goal. Remember those persons in college classes who worked hard to gain the understanding and achievement? They were always very proud of the accomplishment and the recognition. Those for whom the task was easy did not have the same regard for the recognition.

In the world of quilting all of this also applies. Our friend Anna Willis has worked hard to get to the wonderful age of 86 years and is finally getting some justly deserved recognition for her accomplishments in those years. She and our dear friend Jackie Herndon are the featured artists in the exhibit in Cox Hall of the Clemson Little Theatre in Pendleton for the two weeks beginning this Friday, January 20. These two ladies have quilted together for a number of years and they certainly compliment each other in their talent. Life has not been easy for Anna as she raised her son and a foster son, cared for her aging mother, helped with her grandchildren's up-bringing, studied and completed her High School degree in 1978 in night school while working full time. Her health began to decline as she experienced the aging process. But, thankfully, there are medical professionals who are willing to care for the disabled and now Anna is pain-free in her hip and legs. She can again be mobile and continue to sew and quilt.

Anna and Jackie became close friends through association with Heirlooms & Comforts, and are now sharing the artful exhibit so that we can all enjoy seeing what the two of them have done, both singly and as a complimentary pair. Go to see the exhibit and share in the pride of accomplishment that they have achieved.

Sara

H&C Feature of the Week: Spotlight on New Fabric
At Heirlooms & Comforts this week we will spotlight the new fabrics that have arrived from Moda and Barbara Brackman called Battle Hymn group.

There is a free pattern available for downloading from the Moda website. You can have great fun with this combination if you love the look of reproduction quilts. Check it out and come on in to H&C to get your choice of these fabrics.

Classes
At Heirlooms & Comforts this term classes are filling up rather fast. Be sure to locate the class schedule on our web site www.heirloomsandcomforts.net to see late January and early February classes that are available for your registration. One very popular class is the Friendly Snowman. This guy is very cute and is fun to make. Also, Gail's popular free motion quilting class may have one or two spaces left - call soon. If you miss these two classes, there are other very good ones to choose from.