Have you bought your ticket?

In all the excitement over the last couple of weeks, I forgot to mention the amazing Glencoe Quilt that is being raffled off by the Textile Heritage Museum.

Sue Mason, one of the Village homeowners, came up with the idea of a Glencoe village quilting effort with members of the Glencoe community contributing quilt squares depicting their homes or other Glencoe buildings. Lynn Pownell, another Village homeowner, explained to me that a number of methods were used including piecing, appliqué, and embroidery. People created one or more squares – some people did many. All the houses and buildings on Glencoe Street are represented plus other unique squares including the Main Mill bldg, the dam, and the church, which no longer stands.

Several people put many many additional hours into the construction of the final piece of work. The names of all the contributors are listed on the back (Sue Mason, Lynn Abram, Elisabeth Allore, Kathy Barry, Sharon Daggers, Roger Dill, Ann Hobgood, JoAnn Martin, Lynn Pownell, Sandy Sprague, and Deby Thompson), and original Glencoe Mill fabrics were used on parts of this quilt.  The small plaid squares connecting the blocks are Holt plaids made at Glencoe, and the backing of the quilt was made at Glencoe as well.  I have seen the quilt, and it is truly a Glencoe treasure.

Tickets can be purchased at the museum or at Nall Printing, 1403 E. Webb Ave. for $5.00 each or 5 tickets/$20.00.

This and that

First, our big news – on Tuesday night, we went before the Burlington Historic Preservation Commission and applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness for our work on Phase 1.  Phase 1 will include some landscaping, work on the Cotton Warehouse, Machine Shop, and the Cotton Sheds. 

We saw lots of familiar faces, people who had come out to support and comment on our plans.  The Commission approved our application, and now we’re able to get our plans together for permitting.  I’m so excited.  Before I move on to other news, I just want to say thank you to the Commission members and the City staff.  The Commission members worked very hard with us, helping us with questions and suggestions.  And what would we have done without Daniel Shoffner and Bob Harkrader over at the Planning department?  We are truly lucky in our friends in Burlington and at Glencoe.

Now for some of the “this.”  I just had to take this opportunity to say “WOW!” about the Glencoe Christmas Tour.  Dave and I went out on Sunday this past weekend, and it was wonderful.  We were inspired by the decorations and the incredible things people have done with their homes and couldn’t help hatching new plans for our own home based on what we saw.  When I visit the Village, the creativity and energy of the homeowners always gives me a boost.  The TimesNews ran a story and made a video about the tour (thanks for the tip, Ann!).  Someday I’ll learn to be a super computer genius and embed the video, but today is not that day! 

Now for some of the ”that.”  Yesterday, Frank and I attended student presentations at Elon.  We were so impressed Janet MacFall’s students.  They had very interesting and exciting ideas and their presentations and research were quite compelling.  Janet has promised to send along their reports and presentations, so I might be able to post some of the information here.  Stay tuned!