Heather Hibbs lives in Snyder County with husband  Andy Hibbs for 19 years.  They have two daughters in the Midd West school system.  Heather is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration; a self taught seamstress specializing in Civil War reproduction clothing.  She is the creator and owner of Treadle Treasures.  She also teaches an adult Sunday School class at our church – Mifflinburg Nazarene – as well as leading some of the Wed. and Sun. evening services.  Heather has  been active her kids’ school in many areas.  She collect antiques and love old stuff, traditions, and skills.  Heather is currently making a wool hooked rug from the scraps of uniforms she has made.  In addition to sewing she makes and sells I  lye and lard soap.  She has made candles, helped butcher hogs and makes her own bread from an antique wooden bowl.  Heather feels she could easily live in the 19th century, but she sure would miss her microwave!

Treadle Treasures:

About ten years ago, Heather Hibbs started her business, Treadle Treasurers.  She was making a variety of items when she finally found her nitch in Civil War era reproduction clothing about seven years ago.  The business really expanded when she moved it on-line.  Most of her business is out of state with a few orders going overseas.  California is the most frequently shipped to state.  Most of her sewing is done on antique treadle sewing machines; Heather currently owns twelve plus two hand crank machines.  For a more detailed history of Treadle Treasures go to:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/TreadleTreasures/about/

Some of her most popular items are women’s dresses and underpinnings and she specialize in corsets; shopping an average of around 250 corsets a year.  Heather  also offers men’s military and civilian clothing.  She has also stitched a few children’s items and other Civil War era related items as well.  She  currently has five (very!) part time people working for her.

She works with a lot of reenactors, university and town theaters, an independent film makers, a PBS special, the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia.

Heather started speaking to her kids school classes and things sort of progressed from there.  Working at home has a lot of advantages and she   enjoys the chance to get out and around other people!

For more information about the conference go to – http://ncpfrwconf.wordpress.com/

We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker, Mrs. Peg Luksik. Peg’s topic is  ”Common Core: What Does It Mean to My Family?”

Peg is the Founder and Chairman of Founded On Truth, an organization dedicated to rebuilding our culture upon the principles that founded America. She has a long record of helping parents and citizens of the Commonwealth. Peg sat on the founding Boards of the Pennsylvania Family Institute and the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, founded an alternative-to-abortion service organization called Mom’s House, worked as an advisor to President Reagan’s Commission on the Family, and created the National Parents Commission to fight for parental rights in education. She led fight against OBE (Outcome Based Education) in the 90s and now brings her dedication to the fight against Common Core State Standards.

Peg will speak at 12:30 p.m.  Morning workshops include “The Vital Role of Women in Civil War Communications” presented by Heather Hibbs, Civil War enthusiast and owner of Treadle Treasures which produces authentic Civil War era clothing; and,  Carolyn Conner who will discuss “Energizing Your Ground Game with Social Media”

For more information about the conference go to – http://ncpfrwconf.wordpress.com/

West Milton, PA – SUN Area Council of Republican Women together with other area
councils will host the North-Central Regional Pennsylvania Federation of Republican
Women Fall Conference Saturday October 19 at Shade Mountain Winery, Middleburg PA.
The theme is “Harvesting Republican Principles for Our Children’s Future.”
Keynote speaker, Peg Luksik, chairman of Founded On Truth will speak on” How
Common Core Will Affect Our Families”.  . .  to the read the entire press release Press Release for 2013 NCPFRWConference

PFRW is sponsoring a North Central Fall Conference at the Shade Mountain Winery, In Middleburg, PA on Saturday, October 19th, 2013.  Come out for a fun filled day.   Morning speakers to include: Heather Hibbs from Treadle Treasurers will talk about how women communicated during civil war and Carolyn Conner from Big Table Strategies will discuss how communication with social media is vital today.  The keynote afternoon speaker will be Peg Luksik, chairman of Founded On Truth.  She will speak on How Common Core Will Affect Our Families.

The day begins with a light breakfast from 8:30 am—9:00 am.  The program begins at 9:00 am and will conclude at 2:00 pm. Thank you to Shade Mountain Winery for providing a tour of the winery following the conference for those interested.  The cost of the day is $35.00 and includes lunch.

For more information about the conference or to print a reservation form, go to http://ncpfrwconf.wordpress.com/

Just as behind every good man is a good woman; behind every good woman is a good man.  Men are welcome to attend this conference also.  Common Core affects all Americans regardless of gender.