Members of Sew Blessed hold up a quilt they made. Photo courtesy of Sandee Henricks
You’re giving a little bit of yourself with each quilt you make and you’re paying respect to all the women before who made quilts for others – our mother and grandmothers.” – Sandee Henricks, of Sew Blessed out of Mineral Springs United Methodist Church, on why she quilts. (July 12)
“I can look at each patch on this quilt and remember something about my wife. This allows me to get a memory back that was pleasant. It’s allowing us to heal. So for me, this is a healing blanket.” – Ray Roberts on receiving a quilt from Sew Blessed out of Mineral Springs United Methodist Church following the death of his wife. (July 12)
“Once I saw my grandmother physically couldn’t make pieces, I knew then I didn’t want what she had created to wither away.” – Jordan Campbell on continuing his family’s pottery legacy (Aug. 30)
“I’m happy with what I got. I can sleep late. I can go in the garage, work a couple of hours on a piece of furniture, then go inside and have a glass of iced tea. It’s my pleasure.” – James Handy on his post-retirement career Character Reclaimed (Sept. 6)
“I like the idea of waking up in the morning and going and getting a bright blue mug for coffee. Or a bright red strain for spaghetti. Something that is different.” – Kristen Horne on creating colorful and functional pottery (Nov. 1)
“I like the concept of trees. I am going to do that until I get it out of my system. … By next spring, I may be into cars. Who knows?” – Billy Colley on her favorite theme when creating custom tabletops (Nov. 22)
“We fight a lot. The way we come to an end result is by us fighting and then it’s over with and we get back to work.” – Billy Colley on how she and her partner, Phillip Ingold, create tabletops (Nov. 22)
“Some days I wanted to pull my hair out and drink a bunch of beer because of the stress.” – David Snodgrass, of Fairview, on the challenges of building an eight-foot-long model of Jabba the Hut’s sail barge from “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (Nov. 29)