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By Dena Wood
The Times 

4-H Quilters Ready Their Pieces for the Fair

Week-long quilt camp is productive

 

Michele Smith

4-H Camp quilters at the Youth Building at the county fairgrounds. Left to right: Samantha Davis, Cayle Davis, Mackenna Culley, Sadie Seney, McKenzie Dobbs

DAYTON-Last week several 4-H youth and their helpers were busily creating hand-tied, log cabin-style lap quilts, decorative throw pillows and matching pillow cases, in anticipation of the 2016 Columbia County fair in September.

Head instructor Carla Thorson said that each participant was given an instruction sheet, a shopping list, and a paste-up square, per 4-H regulations, before beginning on them.

This year everyone is doing the same size and style," she said. "Next year there will be an intermediate option. Based on skill level, they can do a bigger size or a different pattern," she added....



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