Local art society offers batik class
PENDLETON — Pendleton Artists Society plans several upcoming art classes at Gallery 119 in Pendleton:
• Batik Art Painting Class — from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Lynn Medsker will teach a class in batik painting, which will combine drawing, dying with inks and liquid watercolor, and adding embellishments as desired. Students will have time to create two or three small pieces. Since it involves using hot wax and an iron, the class is not recommended for children under age 12. Class fee is $65. No experience is necessary, and all supplies are included. Class size is limited to eight.
The gallery is located at 119 W. State St.
People can register during regular gallery hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by phone at 765-778-0986.
Online registration can be done at pendletonartistssociety.org/events/.
Quilters to discuss curve ruler
PENDLETON — Spring Valley Quilt Guild will meet Wednesday, Aug. 1, in the Community Room at Pendleton Community Public Library, 595 E. Water St., Pendleton.
Social time starts at 5:30 p.m., and the meeting begins at 6.
Special guest will be Vickie Smith from Quilt Expressions; she will talk about the creative curve ruler.
Colors will be yellow and turquoise blue. People are asked to bring fat quarters for a rummage event.
The guild meets the first Wednesday of each month except September.
Guests are welcome.
Quilt guild show coming up
MT. COMFORT — The 2018 Common Threads Quilt Show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 11, at Mt. Comfort United Methodist Church, 3179 N. County Road 600W, Greenfield.
Daily admission costs $7.
The show will feature more than 100 quilts on display, a vendor mall, the Quilty Friends Café and the Common Threads Gift Shop, which will have handmade items.
Ticket sales have begun for the donation quilt; proceeds will be given to Hancock Health Foundation’s “Women Helping Women” program.
Tickets cost $1 each or six for $5.
Common Threads meets at 9:30 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the church. Guests are welcome.
Visit commonthreadsin.com for more details.
Organizers seek Heritage Fair vendors
PENDLETON — Pendleton Fall Creek Heritage Fair takes place Sept. 7-8 at Falls Park.
The Heritage Fair, in its 44rd year, is arranged by the Century and a Half Club. The fair serves as a major fundraiser for the club, which typically clears about $6,500 from vendor fees for community causes, including high school scholarships and donations to several organizations, including police and fire departments, Pendleton Community Public Library, local parks and more.
Festivities run from 9 a.m. to dusk Sept. 7, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 8, in Falls Park.
Vendors sell a wide range of merchandise, from individually made items, such as turned wood items, jewelry and artwork, to food items, such as beef jerky.
Traditional food options include Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority chicken and noodles, Pendleton Lions Club corn and Kiwanis K Burgers.
Vendors interested in a booth can call 765-778-3183 or email [email protected].
Quilts in the Park marks 37 years
PENDLETON — Spring Valley Quilt Guild’s “Quilts in the Park” event is planned for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 6-8 and 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 9 at Pendleton Historical Museum in Falls Park.
Quilts to be entered in the show must be delivered to the museum between 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4. No entry fee is charged. Quilts must have an attached fabric sleeve for hanging and must not have been previously displayed in the show.
Each participant may enter up to two quilts in each category: Bed, all techniques, hand-quilted; bed, pieced, machine-quilted; bed, appliqué, machine-quilted; wall, all techniques, machine- or hand-quilted; art, all techniques, machine- or hand-quilted; miscellan-eous quilted items; theme “Let’s Go Crazy” items, any technique and size.
Recognition will be given on the last day of the show to the quilt receiving the most Viewer’s Choice votes.
Quilts must be claimed between 5 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.
For more details, call Suzanne Hagan at 765-778-1818.
Swim lessons planned at Brown pool
PENDLETON — The DiveIn! 2 Swim: Every Child Can Swim Initiative is planned for this summer at Alvin D. Brown Memorial Swimming Pool in Pendleton.
Children 4 and older who live in Fall Creek, Green, Adams or Stonybrook townships and whose families cannot af- ford to pay for lessons are eligible for free lessons with certified instructors this summer at the pool in Pendleton.
Lessons are one hour per day — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. — for one week, Monday to Friday.
The program is funded through community donations from individuals, businesses and organizations, such as the Open Heart Open Purses program at South Madison Community Foundation.
Email DiveIn2Swim591 @gmail.com to register.
