LAMPASAS – A comforting history was on display in Lampasas this weekend, with hand-me-down quilts dating back to 1860s alongside modern quilts by local practitioners for the Needle Art and Quilt Show. The museum hosts the annual event as a fundraiser for the Keystone Square Museum, but also to support quilt making in the modern age, Detrick said. The quilt of an antique Singer sewing machine that Lampasas resident Joyce Lucas, 64, entered was made to teach an aging fellow quilter in the local circles the watercolor style, which uses colors and patterns within the fabric to make the quilt’s pattern. At the Keystone Square Museum, where the show was hosting an exhibit of aprons on loan from a local author, Gonzales pointed to the needle work and artifacts such as a hand-crank washing machine on display at the museum.

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