The July/August issue of Cottage Living magazine ranks the Holiday neighborhood in Boulder one of the top 10 cottage neighborhoods in the country. The magazine praises the innovative partnership between Boulder Housing Partners, the city’s housing authority and private developers that produced the 27-acre community, calling it “a fresh urban neighborhood.” Out of 333 units, 138 are designated as “affordable,” according to Cottage Living. “I love that the Holiday neighborhood . . . screens movies in homage to the Holiday Drive-In Theater that was once on-site,” writes editor-in- chief Eleanor Griffin.
Lush linens
The Curtain Exchange (8170 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 720-488-1871), a company that allows customers to take home and try out panels of designer curtains, is highlighting the history, beauty and versatility of linen, a 6,000- year-old fabric sometimes called the “textile of the kings.” Storeowner Alison Jezek says the fabric has long suffered from misperceptions. “So often in the past, linens were thought to be a summer-only fabric that was stiff and colorless,” she says, “but that perception is far from the case.” The store specializes in an array of window fashions including silk, cotton and crewel in solids, prints and embroidered patterns.
A stitch in time
Classes, an exhibit, a bookstore and a boutique are part of “Colorado Collage,” the Rocky Mountain regional seminar hosted by the Colorado chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, which begins today and runs through Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel Denver (3203 Quebec St., 303-321-3333). The exhibit, “A Colorado Collage in Stitches,” highlights works that showcase a variety of techniques, threads, colors and fabrics. Retail areas are open to the public. The hours are noon to 5:30 p.m. today, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. More information at .
