Artists in Our Midst:
Sharon Slimmen
Quilt Exhibit Opening
As part of its series of exhibits, “Artists in Our Midst,”
Beach Corner Arts Studios of Ettrick, Wisconsin proudly announces an exhibit of the work of local quilter Sharon Slimmen, featuring an...
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Artists in Our Midst:
Sharon Slimmen
Quilt Exhibit Opening
As part of its series of exhibits, “Artists in Our Midst,”
Beach Corner Arts Studios of Ettrick, Wisconsin proudly announces an exhibit of the work of local quilter Sharon Slimmen, featuring an opening celebration of her creativity with
music and refreshments for the public on Saturday, October
10 from 2-6 p.
m.
Sharon began quilting over 25 years ago at
the suggestion of friends, and promptly joined the La Crosse
Area Quilters.
Though it took her four and a half years to
complete her first quilt, doing it completely by hand, it received the “First Time Quilter Award” at the American Quilting Society show in Paducah, Kentucky in 1989.
That same year she began teaching, first locally, later in the
greater La Crosse area.
She worked and sold her quilts at the
Pine View Sewing Center in Trempealeau, until its closing,
when she opened her own shop, “Wooden Shoe Quilts” in
Holmen.
Recently retired, she divides her time between
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