Stephanie Obusek, 17, a junior at Elizabeth Forward High School, works on a king-sized quilt in her family and consumer science class. Stephanie was making the king-sized, pink-and-yellow quilt for herself, but has already made a quilt for her niece, one for her boyfriend (with racing stripes) and one for charity. The quilting bug was hatched by sewing teacher Rebecca Fest, who has spent years stitching together the hobby with hundreds of students at Elizabeth Forward. Fest has a dry sense of humor and a palpable affection for her students, who tend to come into the sewing room during free periods or during lunch to get advice on matters involving quilting or anything else under the sun. read more

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