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The art of quilting is rich in history. There are women, in untold numbers, who
blazed the trail before us, leaving us with quilts and remnants of both fabrics
and stories of how they lived, and what quilts meant to them. While the
techniques of quilting for today’s quilter can be very different from those of
yesteryear, why we quilt and what quilting means to us is very much the
same.
We make quilts for basic warmth on
the bed in which we sleep, for family and friends, to mark special occasions,
perhaps to raise money for a cause dear to our hearts, or for the pure joy of
it. Like our quilting ancestors, we also come together, as women in kindred
spirit, to sew and share, and tell of our lives giving support to one
another.
You are invited to join a unique
monthly club that will take you on a journey back in time. Gather together as
the "Prairie Women" did, and hear anecdotal stories about their quilt making,
and what daily life was like for those who traveled by wagon train on the Oregon
Trail, to the lives of quilter’s during the Civil War, and the years of women’s
suffrage for equal rights. Not only will you learn how our quilting ancestors
created quilts by “Making-Do” with what they had, you will be invited to do so
yourself!!!
At each monthly gathering of the
Prairie Women’s Sewing Circle, you will receive a small reproduction quilt
project pattern that will allow you the option to share in the unique “Make-Do”
quilting experience with fellow club members. Monthly patterns and other
surprises will be offered exclusively to PWSC club members only!
If you love qult history, and want to
learn more about what life was like in the nineteenth century and about
"Make-do" quilts, join us in experiencing the Prairie Women's Sewing Circle and
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...Journey the threads of time!
The gatherings are the third
Thursday of the month at 5pm starting September 8th, 2011. We will meet each month for 6 months
(excluding December). If you can’t
attend but would like to join, mail order participants will receive the monthly
club packet featuring the stories about women’s life on the prairie and the
quilt projects, as well as all other club materials. The fee is $60 (that's only $10 per month) which includes all 6 projects, 2 bonus projects, yoyo fabrics, and Prairie Women discussion materials.
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