Harvest Quilt Story – 2011
This is the second in a series of posts regarding how to make a community quilt. Click here for the first story. Click here for the 2012 quilt story.
Written by Sandy Kennedy:
Last October on the way to the Amish Home for lunch, an idea was discussed to make our own community quilt. The Amish hostess who is a quilter suggested an easy design like the 9 square. With the help of Kathy Nall, materials were purchased in harvest colors. Kathy came up with a projected time line and cut all the materials to the 4 inch squares. Then for several Sundays in March, the nine squares were individually selected for each block and asked to be returned by April 15th with some lee way given. By the first week of June, 48 squares were arranged and sewn to strips to frame each 9 square. None of the 48 squares were exactly the same. Helpers for this were Kathy Nall, Ginny Berry, Tana Rae Leak and Sandy Kennedy. In late July, the quilt was sandwiched and framed with the first quilting begun. The quilting continued through most of August with the last quilting on August 23rd. The extra blocks were used to make shams and pillows. The binding and finishing were completed by Kathy Nall. The quilting sessions were Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 2-4 pm and again 6-8 pm. The quilting sessions on Jam Session evenings were extra special and quilting lasted as long as the music.
“Piece Makers” were Janet E. Bates, Janet L. Bates, Marilyn Bennett, Ginny Berry, Frances Bevans, Karen Biehl, Priscilla Box, Jana Briles, Connie Burke, Regina Thompson, Sherry Day, Shirley Dillman, Fannie Garland, Diane Henry, Joyce Hostetler, Nancy Jett, Sandy Kennedy, JJ Leak, Tana Rae Leak, Becky Luse, Kathy Nall, Diana Nusbaumer, Debbie Tinkle, Janet Vandeventer, Lori Warnock, and Mary Warran.
Quilters were Ginny Berry, Frances Bevans, Jana Briles, Connie Burke, Sherry Day, Shirley Dillman, Diane Henry, Nancy Jett, Sandy Kennedy, JJ Leak, Michelle Leak, Tana Rae Leak, Kathy Nall, and Diana Nusbaumer.
Helping Hands were Sandy Clevenger, Larry Burke, and Gary Leak.
The quilt was sold at our annual Harvest of Talents for world hunger.