Since 1994, the Blue Mound Quilters have donated one of their prized personal works to Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital. This year, the women outdid themselves with a king-size "Sunny Lanes" patterned quilt. It's 101 by 101 inches and required more than 600 hours of volunteer labor and about $125 worth of donated material. As usual, Millie Lais performed the quilting, this time using three different free-hand styles - stippling, meandering and medallion. Dorothey Texel completed the binding, and nearly all the club members contributed work on the quilt in one way or another. They started the project in September and just completed it last month. "We're really proud of this one," Texel said. The quilt is one of the premier auction items at the annual Hospice Charity Dinner and Auction each spring, typically raising more than $1,200 each year.
Club members pictured are (from left) Jennie Boelman, Roni Van Hulzen, Joyce Fluit, Mary Akkerman, Mildred Lais, Eloise Wohlford, Marguerite Smith, (back row) Terri Fries, Carol Svingen, Barb Fegan, Debi Scholten, Verla Fick, Bonnie Kirchhofer, Brenda Zylstra, Pat Kiebach, Dorothey Texel, Ardath Schmidt, Elaine Mann, Arlene Bendix and Jan Johansen. Not pictured are Mary Crawford, Darlene Fick, Betty Elbers and Jill Willers.
Photo by Lori Ehde