Young quilting bees create big buzz

Girls Inc. recently participated in the tradition of women's quilting bees, popular in the mid-19th century.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 4:00 a.m. April 30, 2009
  • Sarasota
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Girls Inc. recently participated in the tradition of women’s quilting bees, popular in the mid-19th century. The girls socialized as they expressed their creativity by using watercolor to create paper quilt squares.

The girls then joined their squares together into a “quilt” to symbolize the strength and meaning of community.
 

 

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