Hollidaysburg Library Displays Quilt Sampler
Every week, the Stitch and Sew Ladies of the Zion Lutheran Church in Hollidaysburg meet and make quilts for the needy. We enjoy the fellowship and have created many useful blankets for others froms the donations of kind people. Mabel was searching through the cupboard for more material and supplies and discovered in the bottom of a box a collection of colorful quilt blocks. We enjoyed looking at all the different patterns and trying to identify them. The material was vintage and too fragile to make a sturdy quilt. So we wondered what to do with the blocks. Our Hollidaysburg Librarian, Janet Eldred, said that she would be happy to help us create a window display from the quilt blocks. She had many quilt books in the library that she could add to the windows. So, I found a wonderful quilter from Cambria County, Virginia Legros, and she took the patches home and researched for hours getting the correct names for the blocks. After we had the names, Melanie Ramsey created vellum tags with her talented art of calligraphy to put in the display. So, now we have a lovely entrance to the library. Please come and take a look at our display and see how many different blocks you can recognize. You can also see them online at: http://cu.altoonamirror.com under the name of Birdie1936 Enjoy!
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I will stop by
My great Grandfather and Grandmother made quilts. I am fortunate to have a couple of their quilts particularly a baby blanket they had made for me. I treasure those items and look forward to passing them on to my son. Your window display sounds intriguing and I am anxious to investigate. So the next time I find myself in Hollidaysburg I will stop by and check out the new window.
Thank you for this fun story.
Clay hardens by immobility – men's minds by standing pat. Both lose the power to take new impressions. (Pinchot 1910: 138)
Library Display
Great, the library will make you at home! Just tell them that you heard about it from mak on Storytrax. I am going to post more pictures of the quilt pieces on The Altoona Mirror CU site. Have you seen it yet?
Birdie1936
Yes
Yes I was able to look at the pictures. All of your pictures are really great. Some of those blocks are similar to the kind my Great Grandparents made.
Clay hardens by immobility – men's minds by standing pat. Both lose the power to take new impressions. (Pinchot 1910: 138)