Posted on Fri, May. 09, 2008

Rack up a good time at group's 21st annual quilt show in Arlington

By ANGIE SUMMERS

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Have you been hoarding fabric for that perfect project?

Get inspiration during the Quilters' Guild of Arlington's 21st annual show this weekend at the Bob Duncan Community Center.

The Festival of Quilts will include a judged quilt show, an opportunity to see the latest trends in quilting and a merchant mall.

Lisa Erlandson, a certified quilt appraiser with the American Quilter's Society, will also appraise quilts for $35 per quilt.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday at the center, 2800 S. Center St. Admission is $6. Parking is free.

Sabrina Hamilton said the Quilters' Guild of Arlington works to preserve and encourage the art of quilt-making. Projects include monthly donations to SafeHaven women's shelter and the Soldiers' Lap Quilt project, which provides quilts to injured service personnel and their families staying at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

The group is donating miniature quilts for a silent-auction fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and donates quilts to the Ronald McDonald House for children undergoing medical treatment in Tarrant County.

The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the center.

Learn more online at www.qgoa.org.

Bookish luncheon: Author and motivational speaker Monica Anderson is sure to entertain the crowd during the upcoming book and author luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Arlington Public Library.

The former Star-Telegram columnist and dentist is only one author who will discuss her latest work, titled I Stand Accused, during the event, scheduled for 11 a.m. May 16 at Cacharel restaurant, 2221 E. Lamar Blvd.

Other featured writers include Richard Francaviglia and Jerry Rodnitzky, history professors at the University of Texas at Arlington who have written Lights, Camera, History: A Prologue to the Past in Film; and Don Berquest, a linguistics professor at the university, who writes under the name of Adrian Quest. He will discuss his latest book, A Certain Distance To Cross.

Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased from any Friends board member, at all library locations or by mailing a check payable to Friends of the Arlington Public Library, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to FAPL, Box 134, Arlington, TX 76004-0134.

The reservation deadline is Tuesday.

Call Barbara Noble at 817-274-9613 or e-mail her at bpnoble@mindspring.com for more information.

Learn more online at www.fapl.org.

Mark your calendar: The annual food festival A Taste of Arlington is scheduled for Oct. 21 at the Arlington Convention Center.

Learn more online at www.tasteofarlington.org.