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Meet One of Our Members!

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Sandy Hess first became interested in quilting when she saw a PBS video featuring Eleanor Burns making "A Quilt in a Day." Oblivious of the 1/4" seam allowance and various other quilting guidelines, her first quilt came out okay. Then a friend asked her to make a quilt that turned out to be what Sandy calls "a disaster." Not knowing any better, she says, she backed it with a chenille bedspread, an unconventional method that made for a very heavy quilt. "But," she says with a hearty laugh, "I’m still learning."

She finds quilt shops especially calming as she searches for the bright colors she loves to use in traditional patterns. From her point of view, a successful quilt is one that is either given away, which is what she usually does, or used for playing in the grass! She has also made tied quilts for her children, in remembrance of their grandmother. A grandmother herself now, her biggest thrill came when her five year old granddaughter, who visits with them regularly, made her first quilt. It was not very large and maybe not so even, but they celebrated its completion even as the little quilter began thinking of having grandma help her plan another.

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Born and raised in East Peoria, Illinois, Sandy and her husband Phil moved to the Naperville area three years ago to be closer to their children, a move that still surprises her, as she drives back to Peoria often to visit with friends. She learned of RQG through Ruth and is now a member of the Sew and Tells bee. She brings a lot of new ideas and enthusiasm to her current role as the guild's philanthropy chair. She loves the surprise packages she discovers in the donated inventory used for making charitable quilts. Even more, she relishes the pleasure of distributing the many beautiful items that are turned in each month at the philanthropy table.

Thanks, Sandy!

January 21, 2015

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