GOTTA HAND IT TO THESE QUILTERS
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Lynelle Martin
After hand quilting for over a year on this quilt, the Senior Center Hand Quilters finished this queen-sized quilt belonging to Lynelle Martin. The quilters are Rosalee Lewellen, Melinda Pearson, Gretta Shoenemann, Claude Jones and Karen Carruthers. Not pictured: Jeri Johnson.
Ironically, all of the current Senior Center Hand Quilters picked up the hobby later in life.
Gretta Shoenemann, in her mid-90s, picked up quilting about 20 years ago. She said they did a lot of hand work as a child, but quilting was not one of them. She started quilting after her husband passed away in 2001.
Claude Jones, a regular senior center quilter, began quilting after she retired in 2005.
Each individual stitch is hand-done through every layer, making the back of the quilt design almost as beautiful as the front, according to the quilters.
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