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Southern Tenant Farmers Museum presents Tyronza Community Quilt Festival

Feb. 25, 2010 -- The third annual Tyronza Community Quilt Festival has released its schedule. The festival will be held Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. See the NewsPage release to read about quilt festival events in the surrounding towns of Marked Tree, Lepanto, and Dyess that day.

 

Class and Demonstration Schedule for Tyronza

 

9:30 – 10:45

Lecture:  Codes in the Quilts, by Marjorie Hunter
Tyronza Church of Christ

 

10:30 – 12:00

Class:  Hand Piecing for Beginners, with Freda Grisham

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

 

11:00 – 12:00

Class:  Fusible Appliqué, with Marjorie Hunter

Tyronza Elementary Classroom

 

1:30 – 2:30

Lecture:  The Arkansas Sesquicentennial Quilt Project:  Lessons Learned in the Last Twenty-Five Years, by Dr. Mike Luster

Tyronza Church of Christ

 

1:30 – 3:00

Class:  Hand Quilting for Beginners, with Freda Grisham

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

 

2:00 – 3:00

Class:  Yo-Yo Quilts, with Marjorie Hunter

Tyronza Elementary Classroom

 

3:30 – 4:30

Lecture:  Tell Me Everything You Know:  Quilting Circles as a Function of Community Past and Present, by Rachel Reynolds

Tyronza Church of Christ

 

5:00

All doors close

 

 

All Day

 

Quilt displays and country café featuring beans, cornbread & fried pies at the Tyronza First Baptist Church

 

Quilt displays and bake sale featuring all sorts of baked goods at the
Upper Room Apostolic Church

 

Quilt displays at the Tyronza First Pentecostal Church

 

Quilt displays at the Tyronza Church of Christ

 

 

Other Cities Participating:

Lepanto, Marked Tree & Dyess

 

 

All classes and lectures are free, however, since space is limited,
we suggest pre-registration.
To register, call Linda Hinton
at the
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
870-487-2909


 

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