Items

• Busy Blue Girls
  Traditional design “The most fun for me is choosing fabric, putting it together. Hand embroidery is my way of relaxing.” -- Rebecca Sommers
• Trail Mix
  Crafted during Little Eden Quilt Week Signed and dated on reverse “The woman piecing beside me was a seasoned quilter and she shared her fabric with me." -- Faye Litwiller
• Quilt Week at Little Eden Camp
  As noted on individual quilt labels, some of the quilts were made, under direction, at the annual Quilt Week at Little Eden Camp near Onekama, Michigan. Quilters and their attendance at Quilt Camp are Fanni Birky (2 yrs.), Faye Litwiller (7 yrs.), rosemary Rupp (7 yrs.) and Phyllis Wulliman (9 yrs.). Faye Litwiller was instrumental in beginning Quilt Camp: "After the Family Weeks at Little Eden are finished for the summer, there are still some beautiful fall days to enjoy in Michigan. To take advantage of this good weather, a five-day Quilt Week was begun in 2002, after observing a similar week at a different camp. participants bring their own machines and fabrics and all are guided through the steps of piecing the same top. At the end of the week, they take home their partially or totally finished quilt top. All ability levels have taken advantage of this time together. Carolyn Snyder has taught the class since its beginning. Cynthia Denlinger will be the instructor this year." Rosemary Rupp: "I went to Quilt Week at Little Eden for the first time in 2013 at the invitation of Faye Litwiller and my sister-in-law Karen Rupp. I knew nothing about piecing a quilt, although I had been sewing since I was ten years old. I learned a lot that first year - I was caught pulling the rotary cutter towards me instead of away! And I continue to learn."
• Necktie Crazy Patch
  Tied by CMC women using neckties from CMC men Loaned by Bonnie King The quilt was made by women at CMC for the 1990 Michiana Mennonite Relief sale and purchased there by Bonnie.
• Color Wheel
  Original design Dated and signed near the corner red blocks “This piece was created using the color wheel (ROYGBIV). I wanted to make the piece a bit more interesting by placing the Nine-Patch blocks on point. I also wanted to incorporate the use of batik fabrics into the design. The quilting piece was marked using part of a pur- chased stencil. The quilting uses different colors of quilting thread.” -- Doug Vendrely
• Rotation and Reflections
  Original design Signed in center square. Dated lower right. “I made this wall hanging to display in my high school mathematics classroom. I wanted to help my students learn how to identify the number of degrees of rotation it would take to have the quilt look exactly the same as it was hanging. I also wanted them to identify how many lines of reflection are in the quilted piece. In other words, where can lines be drawn so that each side of the line is a mirror image of the other. I used a stencil to mark the quilting design in the border.” -- Doug Vendrely
• Flowers Around New York
  Crafted during Little Eden Quilt Week Compare this version of the “Flowers Around New York” with Rosemary Rupp’s variant hanging in the stairwell. Phyllis prefers the name “Statue of Liberty Crown.”
• Twilight Forest
  Colors chosen to match the Nofzigers’ California condo.
• Pearls
  Barb hand-pieced all of the patches in the car while driving to Seattle to visit her daughter. Notice that every circle is different.
• Friendship Quilt and Pillow
  Traditional, varied, signed squares One-needle hand-quilted by the maker For the 50th wedding anniversary of the parents of Elaine’s husband John—Paul and Thelma Wenger Harley (1935-1985). The pillow that matches the quilt was made by Elaine’s mother, Mary Liechty Smucker.
• Susan's Quilt
  Traditional, with friendship squares Applique and embroidery Hand-quilted, single needle, by the maker Susan is the maker’s daughter. Elaine has made quilts for all of her children and grandchildren.
• Prairie Sky
  Crafted during Little Eden Quilt Week “This quilt reminds me of the Illinois prairie ground where I grew up. The lone yellow star reflects the constant warm sun and the clear sky at night.” -- Phyliis Wulliman
• Blooming Nine Patch
  Crafted during Little Eden Quilt Week “I didn’t like the center of the design so I took it apart and re-arranged the fabrics.” -- Rosemary Rupp
• Flower Power
  Original design Hand-pieced and hand-quilted by maker Dated and signed at bottom right corner The design uses only squares and squares with curves. The quilting pattern in the border is original, using variations of the curves of the leaf pattern. Joy made the quilt for her daughter Gail’s S. 6th St. house.
• Sunset Paprika
  “I purchased these fabrics and the pattern when I attended the Sisters Annual Quilt Show, Sisters, Oregon. This was a dream fulfilled of mine, after I heard about the Sisters show held every July. Sisters is a small town at the foot of the ‘Three Sisters’ mountains. US Highway 20 runs through town and the road is closed to traffic. Quilts are hung on the exteriors of all the stores in town. Thousands of people attend, and my quilter niece and I were able to go there in 2018.” -- Fanni Birky
• Classy Lady
  Dated and signed on sleeve. Each block is different but uses the same fabric.
• Circles II
  This original design was made for Joy's daughter Gail’s house on S. 6th St.
• Sunrise
  “While in Florida in 2019 and piecing the quilt, I was astonished to see a sunrise that matched the colors of my fabrics, hence the name ‘Sunrise.’”
• Flowers Around New York