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18 Wednesday, March 11, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon The Nugget Newspaper Crossword QUILT HISTORY: Registration preserves quilt heritage By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service Continued from page 3 project co-chair. The quilts brought in held wonderful stories and memo- ries. Lynn Cole, of Sisters, brought a cotton muslin quilt top made by her grandmother Nellie Ferris, a teacher, who came to Oregon from Michigan with her carpenter husband. The quilt is a four- patch random pattern made using fabrics from family gar- ments from the 1800s to the 1930s. The project volunteers identified the black broadcloth in the quilt as probably from Nellie9s mother9s mourning clothes after her husband died. A red and white small pat- terned fabric they believed to be the cloth from a feed sack. Cole plans to finish the quilt with batting, backing, and quilting to be given first to her elder daughter, Kim, who lives in Portland. Kim9s guest room Murphy bed will be adorned with the quilt so it will be on display but not receive hard wear and will be out of direct sunlight to avoid fading. When her younger daugh- ter, Kelly, who lives in Bend, is older and her young chil- dren are more grown, she will receive the quilt and the family tradition will continue. The record of the quilt will be preserved on the Quilt Index at the University of Michigan. Each data entry takes about an hour to enter the quilt infor- mation and another hour for the photographs. Karen Shadley of the East of the Cascades Quilters reg- istered a stunning quilt called Home Garden created from an old Better Homes and Garden pattern for her husband9s grandmother. It had never been completed when it was discovered in Yuma, Arizona by one of her husband9s half- sisters. The quilt top was dirty and stained and at some point someone had added some strips of pink polyester to it. Knowing Shadley was a serious quilter, the quilt was sent to her and the restoration began Christmas Eve. For over three months, Shadley worked every single day on the quilt, sometimes for as many as eight hours, other times one or two. On March 30 the restoration was complete on Grandma Aggie9s quilt. Shadley had washed it, carefully removed stains, removed the polyester, added batting and backing, and quilted it using echo stitch- ing around the flowers in each square, which is embroidered with the name of the quilter who created it. If the 2015 photo of the original quilt top had not PHOTO PROVIDED Karen Shadley of the East of the Cascades Quilters restored this quilt top and then completed the construction and quilting process. accompanied the finished quilt, it would be hard to believe it was the same col- lection of fabrics. Zeta Seiple, of Sisters, reg- istered her mother-in-law9s quilt, which was completed in November 1989, two months before her unexpected death. The fabrics in the squares included alternate blocks of solid colors coordinating with small floral prints, all set on a cream background. Many of the florals were from match- ing mother-daughter dresses worn by Seiple9s husband Richard9s sister and mother. The entire quilt is all hand-stitched. It was given to Richard and Zeta because his mother thought the quilt- ing around the outside border looked like Ss for Seiple. It hangs in their bedroom. The Three Sisters Historical Society registered two antique quilts made by the women of the Plainview Grange in the early 1900s. The names on the squares are a wonderful record of many of the original families in Sisters. It was Seiple9s interest in reg- istering those two quilts that provided the motivation to bring the Oregon Quilt Project back to Sisters where it started 10 years ago. Quilt historian Mary Bylaw Cross of Portland, and one of the original members of the project, shared, <Quilts are historic documents that often reveal the stories of women whose voices may otherwise go unrecorded. The information we collect about the maker and why the quilt was made provides insight into culture and communi- ties throughout Oregon, from the mid-1840s to the present. Quilts are visual records of the human experience.= This event in Sisters was sponsored by the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, East of the Cascades Quilters, Three Sisters Historical Society, and The Stitchin9 Post. For information about the Oregon Quilt Project, visit their website at www. oregonquiltproject.org. — Last Week’s Puzzle Solved — This Week’s Crossword Sponsors • 10% Discount for March Birthdays! • $5 OFF any product that is green! • LED Standalone Facial ~ $40 • Essentials Skincare 50% OFF cleanser with purchase of a moisturizer or serum Karen Keady Esthetician/Owner 541-480-1412 | 492 E. Main Ave. Mon-Sat Flexible Hours | SistersEssentials.com WELL PUMP SERVICE Pump & Electrical Contractor PRESSURE TANKS • CONSTANT-PRESSURE SYSTEMS FREQUENCY DRIVES • MOTOR CONTROLS • PUMPS A Division of 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Zach 541-420-8170 Sisters Owned CCB#178543