Imagine my surprise when I got a call from Klaudeen Hanson, Editor of the AQS Quilt Engagement Calendar saying they wanted to include my original Fan Hexagon – Batiks quilt! Because of the pandemic, it hadn’t been displayed for two years but she must have liked it.
The stock of the acrylic template set for the Fan Hexagon quilts is running low. If you want the set, please email me at CrazyQltr@aol.com.
My two Research Assistants at the Pioneer Room and I quickly went to work researching womens suffrage activity in Hastings and did we ever hit paydirt! This research was especially relevant as the 100th anniversary of American women receiving the vote was coming up.
It turns out that the Minnesota Womens Suffrage Association was formed in Hastings in Septemer 1881 at a Womens Christian Temperance Union meeting held at the First Presbyterian Church. Of the original thirteen members forming the MWSA, three of them were from Hastings, including Maria Van Hoesen.
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A quick project to use up leftover 3.5″ squares.
One of my quilts, Words to Live By, is in a gallery show in Red Wing, MN. This quilt is viewable on my Gallery page.
