This Christmastime quilting project isn’t out of the ordinary for Cramer, who usually fashions hand-made presents for her family for the holidays. Anderson, Fairman and a third daughter, Regina Miller, all said they have helped their mother with quilt-making, piecing throws together, though Cramer does most of the actual quilting. Cramer returns to the sewing machine to thread borders around the entire throw, at which point it’s ready to be attached to a quilting frame. The wooden frame pins the material down and pulls it tight, allowing Cramer to sit and add intricate hand-sewn detailing, threading patterns into the fabric to create. With all three layers of the quilt stretched tight on the frame, Cramer begins the most time-consuming part of the process, the quilting itself. When a friend was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo a bone marrow transplant, Cramer donated a quilt to raffle off to help the woman’s family cover medical expenses.

In 2005, she won a poster contest sponsored by the High Point Area Arts Council, and earlier this year, she won a math logo contest, sponsored by the N. Judge Gilbert Hines, a News & Record ad designer, said Avery’s entry showed “nice skilled detail and a good knowledge of repeating patterns. Sally Wilson, art director for Shamrock Corporation, said Avery’s nontraditional design would also make good Hanukkah paper. McBean liked Erica’s use of bold colors, and the drawings — though simple — were well done. Her design — wood block print of angels on mailing paper — intrigued the judges. Erica Perine, 12, of High Point won the youth category with her traditional holiday design.

She loves to quilt Theressa Isaacs presented a program on quilts at the Flora Senior Center last Friday. Comet photos by Jennifer Archibald Theressa Isaacs of Flora made her first quilt in 1930- 31. She’s not sure how many quilts she has made, but she said they number at least 98 because that’s how many she has recorded in her three personal quilt registries. These contain pictures of the quilts, their pattern name, color scheme, date started and completed, and the history of the quilt. Isaacs’ detailed stitching and designs, the work she put into her quilts, and the beautiful color schemes. Isaacs has quilted with the Americus Quilt Club, which is the oldest active quilt club in America.

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