Quilter Meredith Annett (left) and ceramic artist Alexandra McCurdy laugh as they prepare for an exhibit at the Secord Gallery. Called Boxing Out, they are among the craftworks - from glass to iron and ceramics - on display at the Secord Gallery. The exhibit is being held in conjunction with the 2007 Neocraft Conference, an international conference on crafts and modern design taking place in Halifax next month. The Daily News is committed to encouraging intelligent discourse among our readers and to creating a forum where diverse views and opinions on a wide range of topics can be aired. The Daily News covers Halifax — the hub of Atlantic Canada — in more depth than any other newspaper, featuring breaking news, sports, entertainment, business, national and international news. read more

LAUGHLIN - The display of more than a half-dozen cozy quilts in the lobby case at the Laughlin Library will be open until Saturday. Starting Monday, North American Indian artifacts from Fred Kraft's collection will be on display. Kay Rosenau and Judie Frank, regulars at the Saturday morning quilters group in the senior citizens wing of the Spirit Mountain Activity Center in Mountain View Park, explained about the seven quilts on display during an interview. The library staff enhanced the display with books about quilting, a plant and a history sheet. read more

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ENON — The memory of Cynthia Faccenda’s grandmother lingers among 6,000 square feet of brightly colored quilt fabrics — designs and patterns her grammy taught her to love when she was just a tot. Faccenda’s new shop, Appalachian Quilts, is a dream realized for Faccenda, who has been quilting when she was 3 years old. The shop is named for the Appalachian region of West Virginia, where Faccenda’s family is from and where her grandmother used to piece quilts together from cut-up aprons and feed sacks. In addition to quilts for sale, the shop offers custom long-arm service, supplies, classes for beginners and experts, quilting clubs and online instruction at quiltweb. The store’s spacious layout allows classes to meet in the shop, an aspect that Anna Willis of the Loose Threads Quilting Club loves. read more

ENON — The memory of Cynthia Faccenda’s grandmother lingers among 6,000 square feet of brightly colored quilt fabrics — designs and patterns her grammy taught her to love when she was just a tot. Faccenda’s new shop, Appalachian Quilts, is a dream realized for Faccenda, who has been quilting when she was 3 years old. The shop is named for the Appalachian region of West Virginia, where Faccenda’s family is from and where her grandmother used to piece quilts together from cut-up aprons and feed sacks. In addition to quilts for sale, the shop offers custom long-arm service, supplies, classes for beginners and experts, quilting clubs and online instruction at quiltweb. The store’s spacious layout allows classes to meet in the shop, an aspect that Anna Willis of the Loose Threads Quilting Club loves. read more