"February 3, 2002: Eleven cards (I think). A wonderful time here in the party room at Pioneer House. All the family here, especially Jayme and his girlfriend. Had wonderful meal, birthday cake and ice cream.
February 4, 2002: Nine cards today. Played cards - "Seven Up" -- in party room this evening. Six to eight people came. Afterward played Cribbage at Delorous's apartment.
February 5, 2002: Seventeen cards today. Listened to tapes from Lester.
I remember the party and Grandma was right, it was wonderful. The littler kids had a grand time running around (kinda anyway) in the lobby and back to the party room and back to the lobby again.
Speaking of running, I'm running late with this and will just hit the quilting lesson now.
A unique modern day quilt was made by Mary A. Lundy of Joplin, Missouri. She wanted to enter an original quilt in the Kansas State Fair. She used an 8" x 11" cross stitch embroidery sampler for her pattern. Searched through stores in many cities for just the right color coordination. Cut more than 18,000 one-inch squares for the quilt and 14 months later the quilt was completed in time to enter the fair. It is a magnificent king-sized, mosaic-type picture, made entirely by hand.
"Christ in Gethsemane".
World's largest quilt is in Columbia, South Carolina. Director of Adult and Community education half-jokingly asked Hazel Ross to make the world's largest quilt to depict what goes on in community education.
Measured 25 feet square.
397 blocks -- 396 were 12-inch square -- center block 24" square.
184 of these were log cabin, rest were represented house styles, churches, other buildings of interest in Columbia, park scenes, community education courses and recreational activities.
92 houses -- many representing the homes of quilters -- blocks worked in applique, piecing, cross stitch and shadow embroidery -- each block was lap quilted, then joined to others.
8,000 hours of labor
9 months of which 3 months taken to decide on design, fabrics, etc.
Husband very understanding at first -- his clean underwear -- buy new ones -- murmured "I'll be glad when that quilt is finished."
During the last weeks the workers were there every day and many in the evening, too. After the quilt was unveiled, the man who started the idea gave a reception to pay tribute to the 150 workers and their long-suffering husbands.
Grandma's notes aren't quite clear as to whether the Mary Lundy quilt was a representation of "Christ in Gethsemane" but one might conclude that. I tried looking online but after a quick search did not find information on this quilt. I wonder why a Missouri resident was entering a quilt in the Kansas State Fair. Maybe that's why I can't find any information -- it has been hushed up.
I've used the photo a couple of times already, but had to use it for this post since it was taken during the birthday party in question. What a happy bunch.
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