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Show World's Fair Quilt LAYTON - When the World's Fair opens this Sum-merin Sum-merin New Orleans, La.. Mrs. Irene Parker and her husband. Robert, hope to be able to attend. Mrs. Parker has made a unique contribution to the Fair. She received the assignment assign-ment to make the Utah quilt block for a 50 squared World's Fair Quilt. THERE WAS only one person per-son selected from each state to make a quilt block that would show the best image of the state using the best hand sewing sew-ing workmanship the person could do. The quilt block could only be nine inches square. The only lettering on the block was the name of the state. The design de-sign had to be original and very representative of the things most prized in the state. All piecing, applique work or embroidering had to be done by hand. MRS. PARKER started many months ago planning the Utah quilt block. She visited the many handicraft shops to see what Utah-related patterns were being used. She researched resear-ched through all the available quilt books. About two months ago. Mrs. Parker settled on a design. de-sign. She used the traditional images of the seagull, sego lily and beehive and added the today to-day Utah concept of skiing and outdoor sports by including tall-snow capped mountains in the design. To show that Utah is really a desert state, Mrs. Parker placed some brown-shaded brown-shaded desert suggestive material across the bottom of the quilt block. The final touch was a full sun that normally shines all year long in Utah. THE FINISHED product is an attractive representative portrait of our state. Mrs. Parker took two months of planning, designing and sewing to complete the small 9-inch block. QUILTING has been one of Mrs. Parker's favorite hobbies for the past 33 years. She gives about 90 percent of her finished products away to friends and family members. The first handwork Mrs. Parker ever tried was embroidery embroid-ery work. She started learning this craft at the age of five. This experience branched out to include in-clude all varieties of hand expressions ex-pressions including knitting, crocheting, punch needle and quilting. MRS. PARKER says she always al-ways wanted to learn how to quilt. As a young child, she anxiously an-xiously anticipated the day when she would be old enough to quilt. Mrs. Parker did not come from a family of quilters and so it wasn't until she was married and expecting her first child that she attempted to make a baby quilt. With the help of her mother-in-law. she succeeded at this first quilt making effort. Later, Mrs. Parker decided she wanted to learn more about ab-out quilting techniques. One day she was waiting for a doctor doc-tor in the U. of U. Hospital. She watched a woman working on a quilt. A conversation started between Mrs. Parker and the woman quilter. "I wish I was a better quilter," Mrs. Parker stated. "WHY DON'T ) some classes'!" i , woman suggested. Mrs. Parker did. S went to (he Mornw-icraft Mornw-icraft store and loot sons they offer. Man; . , from Carol Hatch h-: : Mrs. Parkerperfect he ques. "1 repeat quiltio. , many times because the association of pec: : enjoy quilling. There i- : something new to leap ' Mrs. Parker. MRS. PARKER jo "Quilt Addicts." a f. ton chapter of the IV Guild. This orgamt been established to for ' art of quilting in Uta' the guild's objects teach different teclr. quilting to as man) p. possible. Her interest in qui" took Mrs. Parker to L. : summer where she a: lecture about quillini; : Linda Tipton, Cloti cialist at USU.The: : was part of the Fesir.. ' American West qir ' Ms. Tipton mention son would be selec each state to prer ; block for a World'sF. 1 A SEED was plant Parker's mind. THE FINISHED will bedisplayedapr , throuehout the dura World's Fair. AIe . concludes, the fro-tiOn fro-tiOn for the quill i'1' , Mrs. Parker hope placed in the Sri stitutes permanent . hibit. The finished certainly be worth!' among the best & handword our co-assembled, co-assembled, ding |