Quilters Across The U.S. Answer Call To Help Sew Up Unfinished Project [View all]
Bits from the NPR article...
"Whenever Shannon Downey comes across an unfinished craft project at an estate sale, she feels compelled to buy and finish it.
... earlier this fall, Downey stumbled across an unfinished quilt of the United States at an estate sale on Chicago's North Side. She immediately knew this project was different.
... she knew she couldn't do this project alone, so she put a call out on Instagram.
She needed nearly 100 women to embroider each state hexagon and the stars. The response was overwhelming.
The project was started by Rita Smith, a 99-year-old woman who died earlier this year.
In the middle of the hexagons, the women put Rita's completed map of the United States that Downey had also purchased at the estate sale.
In the coming weeks , a professional quilter will put the filling and back on the quilt. Afterwards, people across the country will have a chance to see the quilt themselves. On Dec. 21, it will be displayed in Chicago at a local gallery called Women Made, before moving on to the National Quilting Museum in Paducah, Ky., in March."
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786395095/quilters-across-the-u-s-answer-call-to-help-sew-up-unfinished-project?fbclid=IwAR3VrHXtNl5Y2wbA_sd9vE0fOrPnhBeqzXyG07c3DckWtIk88wqHzUEsIWc
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