Fall Colors

Stop by the library and check out the display of fall quilts, left with us courtesy of the The Chippewa County Piecemakers' Quilt Guild. You'll recall the group left some quilts here last spring and the display was well-received.

The quilts hang majestically above the reference collection, housed in what was once the "lounge."

Enjoy!

They've Got Us "Covered"...

The Chippewa Falls Public Library has its cinder block walls adorned in decently bright and cheery colors but, for the next month or so, we'll have some lovely and even more colorful quilts hanging in the adult reading area in the northwest corner of the building, also known as The Lounge.

The Chippewa County Piecemakers & Beaver Creek Quilters have been kind enough to loan us some of their best-looking quilts to both brighten up the library and to advertise their quilt show, which they'll be having on August 13th and 14th, during Pure Water Days.

The quilts will be displayed up at the Chippewa Falls Area Senior Center, and admission will be $3.00 for a one-day and $4.00 for a two-day pass.



For more information, contact Donna Turbyne (pictured above with her husband) of the Chippewa County Piecemakers at drja68@gmail.com.

Go Sew: Quilt to the Hilt

Okay. I'm posting this kind of late in the game because, frankly, the displays shift around so often and the differences are so subtle that, from a distance, it's hard to tell the change between one and the other. Then, just the other day, I was walking through the "lounge" (where we keep the magazines) and saw that the display case in there had been filled with the cutest quilts, dolls and blankets...

"Hey!" I said to one of my elite library employees, "When did this get here?"

"Oh, about three weeks ago."

WHOOPS!

Well, it turns out that September is National Sewing Month and Jeannette Miller of the Western Wisconsin Chapter of the American Sewing Guild came by and put together a simply lovely display here at the Chippewa Falls Public Library.

You know, there's something to be said for sewing. Of all the so-called "traditional skills" one can learn or hobbies one can take up, it's one that really comes in handy. In fact, it may be the handiest hobby I can imagine. It isn't limited by season or space or law, like gardening or hunting or winter sports, and there's no risk of falling overboard and drowning, like with fishing. And model railroads are super cool, but you can't wear one to work.

But I digress.

So come by and check out the display and, if you feel inspired, check out one of our hundreds of sewing books. And if you're interested in finding out more about local sewing groups, contact Ms. Miller at 715-720-9458. She may be able to "needle" you into taking up a new hobby.