Rochester â” Thereâs more to quilting than meets the eye, said local teacher Emily McLaughlin. On May 16, McLaughlin, a former art teacher at Old Rochester Regional High School, discussed the quilting codes with members of the Rochester Historical Society. During the war, neither side had enough money to buy blankets for the soldiers so the women had to make them, McLaughlin said. Taking a page out of the history books after the September 11 attacks, McLaughlin and her friends made 30 quilts to send to the American soldiers stationed overseas. KM Roofing Company & KM Building & Remodeling Co.

Quilt show to draw thousands to KC this weekend - KansasCity. A wholesale trade show will bring about 6,000 visitors to the Kansas City Convention Center Friday through Sunday. But about 2,700 vendors and 3,300 fabric and quilt shop owners and quilting instructors who have the proper credentials are expected, said Bob Ruggiero, an organizer. For the third time since 2002, the International Quilt Market, organized by Quilts Inc. Vendors include manufacturers of fabric, sewing and quilting machines, notions, patterns, quilting books and other quilting equipment. Although the international trade show isn’t open to the public, Kansas City Star Quilts, a book publishing company, is inviting the public to view more than 150 quilts made from quilt patterns published by the newspaper over the years.

Mary Gladwin, Oxford archivist, addresses a gathering at Sparta United Church Saturday to unveil the Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails, a network of barn quilts across the Sand Plains counties. Organizers, volunteers and regional politicians were among those at Sparta United Church Saturday afternoon to officially unveil the Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trail, the longest barn quilt trail in Canada. The trail spans across Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk, Brant and Middlesex counties and is comprised of over 100 quilt locations where visitors can see on a self-guided tour. Last September, the federal Sand Plains Community Development Fund provided members of the Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk Association of Museums $178,000 to establish the trail through the five Sand Plains counties.

The Journal welcomes tips and story ideas from the public. However, a graduate who receives a traditional quilt isn’t likely to complain. Elaine Forsberg asked Breer to use the fabric scraps Forsberg had saved from decades of sewing projects to make a string quilt for her granddaughter, Melanie Ward, who is graduating from high school in Tahlequah, Okla. Elaine Forsberg (left) and Debbie Breer look at a quilt made for Forsberg on Friday, May 4, 2012 at her home near Mentor. A quilt Debbie Breer made for a graduate has 2012 embroidered in it, seen in this Friday, May 4, 2012 photo.