FEBRUARY 15, 2023 www.wintertexantimes.com 18 WINTER TEXAN TIMES TRANSPORT • Sales & Installations • Vinyl Skirting & Tie Downs • Custom Steps made of Wood & Metal • Door & Windows • Plumbing & Electric • Used Mobile Homes Sales Financing Available petecotransport@gmail.com Ph: (956) 787-2847 or (956) 787-0413 We Buy Mobile Homes 2911 N Cesar Chavez Rd. San Juan, TX 78589 Family Owned & Operated Over 30 Years At the “Bobbin Along” Tearoom on Wednesday, at the Alamo Palms RV Resort, Quilters Show. There I met Donna, Vicki, and Jamie. Three ladies from the Alamo Palms RV Resort Quilters Group. The group holds a They’re on a roll at Alamo Palms Quilt Club quilt show and information exchange every three years. Vicki gave me a hug, but I had seen that look before. She was checking my old shirt to determine if it would be available for her to cut it up. “Alamo Palms quilt club is on a roll,” said Jamie, the club President. “With interest in the art of quilt making growing in the RGV, Ropa has become a quilters dream.” I asked, “Do you enjoy being president at this dynamic time of change and interest in Quilting?” “I enjoy quilting,” said Jamie, “But being club president is just sew! sew!” Donna added, “Quilting is fun; we get sew-excited.” “Donna, what do Quilters actually do?” I asked. “Well,” said Donna, deep in thought, “We sit in a room with our sewing machines and stitch a little and grumble, a lot. Laughing and social time is an important part of what we do. But seriously,” she added, “A quilter is a unique individual who enjoys cutting up good material into little pieces and then sewing them all back together again for FUN!” “It’s not all silk and honey,” Vicky added. “There are a few unseamly moments, but a pin and tonic usually calms things down.” “I am concerned,” I said, “you mean to tell me that sometimes there is tension between the ladies in this group?” “Oh no,” replied Jamie, “They’re seamstresses. The right tension is important when sewing.” Vicky added, “We sing as we work. There is an old joke about singing quilters. Sew they call us singer-songwriters.” As a boy growing up in England, I lived with the chatter of a sewing machine, the smell of cut cloth, and the laughter of my mother, my grandmother, and my much older sister Valerie as they turned scraped fabric into works of art. Every Tuesday during the winter, they took over the kitchen, and my two brothers and I were not allowed in; we watched through the window. My mother had learned her craft and sense of humor as a seamstress in the local hospital during WWII, and she always seam-ed to win a prize at the Women’s Guild show. Jamie took me into the hall and talked in detail about all the quilts on display and the information that was being exchanged. With over 170 Quilts displaying the skill and creativity of the quilters. Quilting captures historical moments One of Jamie’s designs clearly demonstrated this, it was titled, “We’re On A Roll,” a wall hanging. A quilt focused on the COVID Pandemic and the 2020 panic buying of toilet rolls. On The Lighter Side by Malcolm Callister The Bobbin’ Along Tearoom at Alamo Palms Quilt Show. Photo by Malcolm Callister Elaine and Her Quilt - On a Roll. Photo by Malcolm Callister
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