PHOTO PROVIDED Raffle quilt committee chairpersons Barb Brockett and Joan Breece stand next to the quilt that will be raffled at the upcoming String-A-Long Quilt Guild’s quilt show. The Daisy Dance quilt blocks of white feature various reproductions of 1930’s fabric flowers in red, green, blue, pink and yellow, appliquéd by hand. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Pat Atwell, of Valparaiso, has been quilting for a long time and will be the featured quilter at the String-A-Long Quilt Guild’s show, “Quilts in Bloom,” later this month. Tickets for the featured raffle applique quilt, Daisy Dance, made by guild members, are available at $1 each or six for $5. The guild has more than 75 members and is an active guild which encourages and promotes the continuing art of quilt making and the preservation of the history of quiltmaking. The guild contributes to the community by making and donating comfort quilts to CASA for children of the Family and Youth Services Bureau and Home Visiting Services.

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