By Los Altos designers win award
Los Altos interior designers Marcia Miller, ASID, and Steven Stein, ASID, of MILLER/STEIN have won an award of excellence from Sunset Magazine for their design of a 100-year-old house in Palo Alto. With elements like cherry cabinets, copper-framed panels of new and antique glass, and a marble-topped maple island cabinet, the local design team integrated a kitchen/playroom/dining area which blends harmoniously with the rest of the home. Their design appears on page 143 of the November issue of Sunset.
‘Homes for the Holidays’ tour
The Summit League will present three Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno homes for their annual “Home for the Holidays” tour, set for Thursday and Friday. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., shuttle service will take tour-goers to a 19th century-era country craftsman home, a traditional New England country home and a European-influenced home, decorated for the holidays by top floral and interior designers.
Shuttle pickup will be at St. Archangel Michael Servian Eastern Orthodox Church, 18870 Allendale Ave., Saratoga, near West Valley College. The last shuttle leaves the church at 4 p.m.; tickets are $35 and will be sold at the first home on the shuttle bus route.
For more information, call (408) 867-3292. Proceeds from the tour benefit Santa Clara County non-profit organizations in the areas of health, education, welfare and the arts.
Gingerbread showhouse exhibit
Los Altos Recreation Department will present its annual Gingerbread Showhouse Exhibit, a treat for the whole family, Dec. 4-8 at Hillview Community Center. Individuals and groups are invited to enter a gingerbread house made of edible ingredients. Entrants may be of kindergarten age through adult.
For entry information, call 941-0950, ext. 305.
Garden, landscape history society
All plant lovers, gardeners, historians, architects and designers are invited to join the California Garden and Landscape History Society, founded in 1995, which promotes interest and study in California’s garden and landscape history.
The organization also helps identify, document and promote the preservation of gardens and landscapes and coordinates resources and expertise about California garden history.
Meetings are held alternately in Northern and Southern California and there is a quarterly publication, EDEN. Individual memberships are $20 per year.
To join, send your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, with $20, to the membership secretary, P.O. Box 1075, Palo Alto 94302-1075.
Holiday classes at Eddie’s Quilting Bee
It’s not too late to sew lovely gifts for holiday giving, with some help from the friendly teachers at Eddie’s Quilting Bee in Mountain View.
Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., learn how to create a French country purse; on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., sew a pillow lap quilt and from 1-4 p.m., a snowman table runner. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Dec. 7, make a Christmas tree skirt, and on Dec. 9, attend the notion promotion.
For more information and class registration, call 969-1714. There are discounts at Eddie’s on customers’ birthdays, for teachers, seniors, sewing guild members and travelers from out of state. If you are the first person in the store in the morning, you choose the “Fabric of the Day,” which will be sold at 30 percent off all day.
Tassels and more at The Sewing Workshop
Upcoming classes at The Sewing Workshop in San Francisco include how to make an opulent evening pouch on Dec. 9, how to create beautiful tassels on Dec. 10, a ball gown skirt on Jan. 13 and 14, and glamorous tambour beading on Jan. 28.
February 2-5, the workshop presents a sewing getaway at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. The cost is $410.
For a class catalog and more information, call (415) 221-7497. Visit The Sewing Workshop’s Web site at www.sewingworkshop.com.
