Blanket day at OSLC --July 1st
Blanket day at Riverton Senior Center – July 26th
You are all invited.
TRADITIONAL QUILTING
“Quilting together” is a long and wonderful tradition among women. The bonding that occurs and the friendships that are formed when working together to produce a quilt, are their own reward. Even in this day of machines and automation, hand quilting is a favorite pastime. The quilts produced are pieces of art and most of them have some special message for the recipient.
I recently ran across an amazing quilt in a Julesburg Colorado roadside welcome center. The quilt, made by the women of the town, features a block for every state in the union. On the block is embroidered the date of statehood, the state flower, state bird, and which number the state was in joining the USA.
In the center is a pony express block because Julesburg was the last settlement where the pony express stopped.
READING AND QUILTING
For those of you who read (as well as sew) here are stories about quilting groups:
Prayers for Sale, Sandra Dallas
The Persian Pickle Club, Sandra Dallas
Jennifer Chiaverini has written 20 books about quilting groups.
“Elm Street Quilts” series:
“The Quilter’s Apprentice” was the first one
“The Giving Quilt” is number twenty.
Working for Peanuts, Karen Rinedollar (founder of Project Linus.)
You are all carrying on the tradition!
Hugs to all, Millie & Patsy
