Victoria Walker remembered as Baytown pioneer teacher and quilt keeper
Victoria Walker, Baytown’s first black teacher at Stephen F Austin Elementary, led a life of learning and community service. Her story includes teaching at multiple schools, earning honors, and a quilt collection tied to Baytown history. Her estate items, including five violins, reflect a lifetime of teaching, sewing, and cultural stewardship. The Baytown Area Quilt Guild show will feature her quilt at Lee College, honoring her contributions to education and the local heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Walker
Baytown Sun
Stephen E Austin
Walker
Baytown
Mount Olive Baptist
The
Prairie View Academ
Bayshore
Anahuiac
Cedar Bayou Colored
Stephen F Austin
Carver
Lee College
Juanita Walker
Victoria
Houston
Lady in Waiting leads art quilt show with royal theme
Fiber artist Rushwam displays the Lady series with hand painted faces and 3 D embellishments. Lady of Royalty priced at 8000 dollars and judged at a Houston event with Winners Circle on Oct 28. Rushwam’s work, including Lady in Waiting, features high quality fabrics and Swarovski crystals and will appear in gallery exhibits in Arizona and at local shows in Baytown and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushwam
Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Arizona
Chandler Center For the Arts
Elizabeth
Diane Howell
Lady In Waiting
Canada
Japan
Howell
Rushwara
Baytown Quilt Guild shows 'Yesterday's Traditions Today\'s Treasures'
The Baytown Area Quilt Guild presents its biannual show at Lee College Erma Carlson Student Center on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with quilting demonstrations, hourly door prizes, and about 57 quilts on display. Admission is free. The group, in its 15th year with over 150 members, emphasizes community service including lap quilts for Ronald McDonald House and baby items for the Pregnancy Resource Center.
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Baytown
Baytown Area
Rushwam
Baytown Area Quilt Guild
Lee College
Erma Carlson
Melanie Harper
JoAnn Moody
Moody
Ronald McDonald House
Pregnancy Resource Center
N. Main Street
Guild
Kathryn Kerr
Texas
Schedule of craft lectures and sewing sessions
Sylvia Scott presents history of quitting 10 36 to 11 30 a m. Kathy McLean offers fabric crayons. Margaret Jonson threads pretty yoyos. JoAnn Moony and Sew What host Bee Basting. Irene Ashe and Alicé Evergreen present storytellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Scott
Kathy McLean
Margaret Jonson
Janie Destefano
Anna Humphrey
Heanor Mainen
Sue Jenkins
Mary Jo Penick
JoAnn Moony & Sew
Pauline Plocheck
Cherry Lloyd
Janette Lott
Marian Wood
Jo Lynn Jones
Irene Ashe
Alicé Evergreen
Baytown and Crosby Quilt Guilds Meet Monthly
Quilting groups in Baytown and Crosby host monthly meetings with multiple chapters. Baytown Area Quilt Guild welcomes members at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, while Crosby Quilt Guild meets at Crosby Community Center. contact numbers provided for information. The Happy Quilters gather weekly at Wayne Gray Recreational Center for ongoing sessions.
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Baytown Area
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Annette Kutler
Crosby Quilt Guild
Crosby Community Center
Hare Road
U.S. Post Office
Crosby
Helen Moyer
Happy Quilters
Wayne Gray
East Road
Local quilter crafts art from fabric and fame
Elizabeth Rushwam, a High Fashion buyer, creates unique fiber art and quilts including a 10 foot long basketball career quilt for Elvin Hayes. She opened her business after college, sells 300 quilts yearly none alike, teaches by appointment, and also pursues painting and abstracts. Visit elizabethrushwam.com or call 832-414-3436.
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Tony Langley
Elvin Hayes
Ford
Crosby
Hayes
Rushwam
Washington Bullets
Houston Rockets
Patch
Sik
Rushwarn
Comfortable Style and Chic Mood for Fall 2003
Fall 2003 introduces a relaxed luxury trend focusing on practical comforts and home cocooning. Rich neutrals, warm whites, plums, and mauves define the palette, with makeup tips from Melissa Silver emphasizing cat eye eyeliner, neutral shadows, and soft lip tones for a refreshed look.
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Melissa Silver
Silver
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Melanie
Harper
Donna Latt
Lott
Beach City
Barbers Hill High School
Meredith Dove
Elizabeth Rushwam
Cheryl
Auturmin
Rtcare
Even Beage Faener Peereenny Nmpae En
Oren
Atgage
Dnea
Joleen Kassman
Jodee
Becky
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!