Random items for your calendar

A few events have made it onto my calendar today, and I thought they might be of interest to Dwell Well readers, too.

First, the Quilting Bee in Spokane Valley is having a sale April 3 through 11. Fabric— all fabric—will be 20 percent off, as will class supplies. The Quilting Bee, at 12117 E. Mission Ave., offers a great selection (including some Amy Butler ), so don’t miss it.

On April 4, the Quilting Bee is hosting a trunk show and book signing for “Link to the ‘30s: Making the Quilts We Didn’t Inherit,” by Karen Earlywine and Coeur d’Alene resident Kay Connors. The book offers patterns from 1930s-era quilts so that those of us who weren’t lucky enough to have one passed down to us can make our own. I haven’t seen the book in person yet, but the images on Amazon (including the one pictured above) have me swooning. Minus the whole Great Depression and the lack of Internet access, I have a thing for the 1930s and often wonder if I was meant to be alive then instead of now.

On April 3, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Farm Chicks (Serena Thompson and Teri Edwards) will be signing copies of their new book at Chaps restaurant, 4237 S. Cheney-Spokane Road in the Latah Shopping Plaza. I reviewed the book back in December, when I was just looking at a black-and-white version. As much as I loved it then, the color version is fantastic! Click here for more information on the release party.

And about a month from now, from April 25 to May 2, a strawbale house under construction in Spokane County will be open to the public. The house is designed by Curt Preston of Somerset Designs with strawbale detailing by Kelly Lerner of One World Design Architecture , who I mentioned the other day . The builder is Pura Vida Homes LLC and the homeowners are Wayne and Jackie Green (funny, huh?).

It’s located in the Terra Green development at 7710 E. Beverly and will open on those days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To see photos of the progress and learn more, go here .