As member Hilda Jane Milbury-Miller explains, the circle of women have been meeting for the past 80 years, sharing stories, a good laugh, and a love of their craft. This story is about the Quilting Bee, the oldest tradition on the Bay Shore, held in Hillsburn every Tuesday by a group of women living in the community. On a given day during the week she would roll up her knitting in a newspaper, tie it with a string, and walk to a neighbourâs house where a group of women would knit for the evening. As some of these gentle souls âAunts and Unclesâ were called home to glory, the next generation of women picked up the cause from the knitting group, and the work they did was later changed from knitting to quilt making. Move ahead now a few years, and youâll find this group of women saying to their sisters, daughters, cousins, nieces, and other young women in the community, âCome join us, learn to quilt. There are still women who respect the past, honour their mothers and grandmothers, meet in the Baptist church each week to perform a task in quilting beautiful handmade tops. read more

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