Borden: Easy quilt binding on coming show

Information on quilt binding by machine and essential foods for better eyesight will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Creative Living

Marci Baker is a quilter and author, and she has a solution for quilters who don’t like making a binding — and it’s all done by machine. She’ll demonstrate this technique. Baker’s company is Alicia’s Attic, Inc. and she’s from Fort Collins, Colorado.

Dr. Edward Kondrot is the world’s leading ophthalmologist and a board-certified homeopathic physician. He says that a nutritious diet can lead to better eyesight. He’ll discuss the five essential foods to incorporate into your diet. He is an author and founder of Healing the Eye & Wellness Center in Dade City, Florida.

Information on attaining your goals, making gifts and gift wraps, and card making will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Lance Heft is a businessman, author and entrepreneur and has written a book titled "Your Turn to Win." He will tell about his ideas and suggestions, and explain how he came to write this self-help program and book. Heft lives in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

Mary Mertens will show how to use basic sewing skills to make some creative and imaginative gifts and gift wraps, which will make any present even more special. Her company is Ticche and Bea in Chicago, Illinois.

Evelyn Terhune is the owner of Ozark Crafts in Gilbert, Arkansas, and she will show how to make cards using parchment paper. She explains that this craft is very popular in the Netherlands and in Canada, too.

Eat Your Way to Better Health

According to the Vision Council of America, the vision care industry accumulated a revenue of $32.8 billion in 2011. Approximately 179.5 million adults need vision correction, an increasing amount annually.

Dr. Edward Kondrot, the world's leading ophthalmologist and a board-certified homeopathic physician, provides an answer to helping your eyesight: a nutritious diet. The USDA states that organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers, sewage sludge, bioengineering or ionizing radiation. The lack of intrusive pesticides creates organic food that maintains a higher nutritional value, which improves your diet and helps your eyesight. Here are five essential foods to incorporate into your diet:

• Butternut squash: contains Vitamin A, which is needed by the retina in the form of light-absorbing retinal molecule and keeps eyes, skin and mucous membranes moist.

• Zucchini: contains lutein, used as an antioxidant and for blue light absorption.

• Brussels sprouts: contains Vitamin C, an antioxidant that reduces the risk of cataract and macular degeneration.

• Blueberries: contains Vitamin C which protects the body from free radicals that can damage the eyes and cause disease, as well as decrease the potential for developing glaucoma.

• Kale: contains protein which can decrease the risk for eye disease such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.