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Show Quilts Will Make Up Part of Fair Ever since the pioneers crossed the plains women have worked on quilts. The chief reason in those days was to fight the cold weather and chilling winds in their covered wagons while riding west. While the quilts are made today for warmth, they are also made for beauty in bedrooms across the state. X Today the quilts are made of flannel, synthetic fabrics and tricot and either handtied or stitched in the minutest needlework. If you enjoy seeing quilts in a variety of hues, patterns and designs, then come to the Sevier County Fair on Aug. 9 when it will continue for five days. Actually making quilts dates back to 5,000 B.C. There are records of men an as making quilts eestablished art form in Egypt. heads - have been Mummy discovered wrapped in cloth with a pattern known today as the log cabin design. Marco Polo introduced quilts to Europe about 1,200 A.D. and the crusaders brought back quilts displaying mosaic designs that might have been the inspiration for widespread, from the African nations, to Europe, to Asia and the United States. what is known today as Grandmothers Garden of Flowers. In the early 1400s, quilts were very popular throughout Europe. Settlers arriving in America brought qililts of fine designs and fabrics. Quilting motifs have been wide in their practice. Originality spawned designs that are carried from those early pioneer days to today. New designs are constantly on the market giving women who enjoy the quilting bees opportunity to test their ingenuity. One family genealogy record noted that during those early days when they made the trek west under Brigham Young, the weather proved so adverse that the quilts were so well used, they became torn and ragged. Women, in their conservative nature then, patched the quilts to make them last, thus the patch work quilts continue in popularity. It has been recorded that African slaves in the American south quilted appliqued symbols to represent Conindividual their culture. the are designs sequently fair wouldnt be a fair without said LaRae Ogden, super-vsio- r of the Senior Citizens Department of the Sevier County Fair. The senior citizens particularly enjoy making quilts and do so each week during the winter months for their families ' and themselves, friends. The quilting bees used to be held in the home, and many still the continue this practice but. senior citizens buildings, having ample room for the kingsize quilts are now used to make two at a time. Ercel Olsen, wife of Homer Olsen of the Homer Olsen Senior Citizens Center in Monroe is in charge of the quilting sessions weekly. The group has quilted movrthan 42 quilts since Christmas besides marking 20 quilts. They finished 104 quilts during the past year. We began quilting in the late 1970s and between 24 to 28 women a week work in the downstairs quilting and recreation room commented Mrs. Olsen. Its all volunteer services too. she added. A quilt, Eika Hintze of the Richfield Child Care Club shares her child care project with Inge Hintze and Emily Jackson. H Learning about child care is one Programs demonstrated at the Sevier of the many County 4-- H Fair. GET READY!! AJ 0 JW ) for the ANNUAL SEVIER "COUNTTFAIR TUESDAY, AUGUST $& 9 THRU SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN RICHFIELD SPECIAL FAIR ATTRACTION . . . GREAT WESTERN CARNIVAL THURSDAY, AUfpjST 11 In a Field by Ourselves When It Comes To: 'Ar Agricultural loans Poultry Equipment SATURDAY, Livestock Dairy Crop Production Don't Forget! PCA Member Steak Fry AUGUST September 8th 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 13 at the Lions Park in Richfield. (Agriculture is our only business) 255 South Main Richfield Page 4-- F Supplement to The Rich field 'Rda'per Satina Sun Rooster Valley Shopper August 10, 1983 |