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Around West County: Quilting club donates full-size quilts to Sarah's House

Published 09/03/08

It was a project 10 years in the making, thousands upon thousands of stitches, and completed over many gatherings and luncheons in many homes.

Donna M. Fellows - For The Capital Members of the Greater Quilting Club of Odenton, from left, Mary Upton, Lois Williams, June Grove, Effie Huppard, Joan Pomerantz and Nancy Harris present two full-size quilts to Bruce Cloepin of Sarah’s House. Along with the rest of the members, these ladies worked for months piecing together and hand stitching the quilts.
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The ladies of the Greater Quilting Club of Odenton donated two full-size quilts to Sarah's House, to be raffled later this year as a fundraiser.

Years ago, Wal-Mart stores would hold a contest of quilt blocks. Awards were given for best design, best use of color and more. The quilt blocks ended up in the hands of Dot Forliones, a member of Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church in Odenton.

A family member of Dot's won one of the local contests more than 10 years ago. Dot ended...

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