Rachael Arnold of Utica, talks about the details of how her quilt was created, January 31, 2012, in Utica, NY.
When web developer Rachael Arnold goes home from work, she finds herself enthralled with a hobby that might surprise some people — quilting.
The 25-year-old has made 10 or 11 quilts, and the one she recently finished will be on display at the Quilting Along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail event March 17 and 18 in Sackets Harbor.
This year’s challenge for the 12th annual event was to make a “Cot to Coffin”-size quilt commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the War of 1812. “Cot to Coffin” reflects quilts made for soldiers that also were used as burial shrouds when they died.
Lynette Lundy-Bent, project manager of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, said New York doesn’t have any money budgeted for commemorative events this year, and they thought this would be a good way to bring people together to celebrate.
Arnold’s quilt was inspired by Frankfort-born Hiram Cronk, who was only 14 when he enlisted in the war.
“My thought for the center portion was a baby quilt that was made before the turn of the 19th century, so around 1795,” Arnold said. “And then eventually, come 1812, that child is grown up
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!