Praying Hands
Quilting Circle
This month
instead of our regular quilting bee
we will have a "shop hop"
meet at the church parking lot at 9 am
we will go to Hoover's and Verna's fabric shops
followed by lunch at one of the restaurant's in Mifflinburg.
2010 we continue with the series
"Women of the Bible"
This year our quilt will be named "Sarah"
This quilt will be entered in the 2010 Perry County Fair
we are considering having a raffle for the quilt
with the proceeds going to help someone in need
more about who next month
Our "Sarah" quilt is well on the way to being completed
it is a "String Quilt"
beautiful multi colored and made from scraps
Women of the Bible "Eve" 2009
The best kind of sleep,
Beneath heaven above,
Is under a quilt,
Handmade with love.
The Quilt of many colors 2008
First Monday of each
month
in the fellowship hall at 9:00 am
Please come and learn (or laugh) along with us.
Members
Pastor Kris
Roberta Lightner
Judi Hart
Betsy Strayer
Edith Meas
Dottie Trostle
Thelma Mullen
Brenda Mullen
Linda Hite
Jane Whitmyer
Teacher: Nancy Hoffman
Below is a
picture of the 2009 quilt
We are holding a Silent Auction on this quilt
to benefit the churches holding a progressive dinner.
the proceeds will be divided equally between the
three churches participating in the dinner.
Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian
Bid on the
Quilt and take home a "treasurer"
Blue Ribbon Winner at the Perry County Fair 2009
Bids start at $75.00
The name of
this Quilt is
"Women of the Bible"
"Eve"
We hope to make a quilt each year and this is the first in our "Women of the Bible" series
The high bidder for the quilt was Gail Smith
Proceeds from the quilt was divided between the
Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches Progressive Dinner.
2008 Quilt
"The Quilt of many colors"
In the Beginning!
The Praying Hands Quilting Circle began in the Winter of 2007. Some ladies wanted to learn to quilt, but had no idea how to begin.
Nancy Hoffman, an experienced quilter offered to teach a few of us how to make a quilt. Nancy told us what we needed to get started. The ladies set off on a shopping spree to buy fabric, needles, pins, thread and many little extra's.
We met the second Monday of the month, during the cold winter to "make a quilt". What a grand time we had measuring & cutting fabric to make our very first quilt. (we each started one). The quilt we made (or some of us still making) is called "Country Spirit". It is a really beautiful quilt with rail fence block and Star corner stones. (that is quilting talk). We worked real hard (when we weren't laughing and having a wonderful time). Then it was time to get the sewing machines going. What an experience, trying to get those corners just right so they would meet and look great. We just love learning (did I say that?)
We took the summer off because we have so much work to do in the summer,
planting flowers weeding etc. (well some of us do, others kept right on working
on the quilt). We started quilting again in the winter of 2008. We
did not get back to our "Country Spirit" quilt, because we were asked if we
would make a quilt for Habitat, to be auctioned off to raise money for Habitat.
We were excited to make a quilt for them, what an "honor". Nancy brought
in a lovely pattern and it was really easy, we each took home blocks to sew
together. At the next meeting we brought the blocks back to class and laid
them out on the table to assemble the pattern we wanted to use. This was
so much fun, we all had ideas and we kept moving those block around.
Finally we had it just the way we wanted it to look. Nancy, "God Bless
her" took all those little patches home and sewed them together. Then we
took the quilt to Carol Marques to have it machine quilted. It is
beautiful, you can judge for yourself, below are pictures.
"The Quilt of Many Colors"
The auction was held October 25, 2008
"Duncannon Presbyterian Church Habitat Quilt".
As a special bonus, Nancy made a little pillow to match the quilt.
(all proceeds from this auction go to Habitat, to help with the building of
homes in the Newport area)
David DeWhitt had the high bid, and is now the proud owner of the quilt.
Assembling the pattern of the quilt
Sara Jane Hickoff, Betsy Strayer, Roberta Lightner, Edith Meas, Dottie Trostle &
Nancy Hoffman
Dottie Trostle & Edith Meas
working on the binding