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The Millerfield Ladies Quilting Circle

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By Linda Roberts

I live in the Millerfield community of Adair County. I started a quilting project in 2009. I wanted to help the people in the community and the surrounding counties.

We started working on the project in the gym at the fellowship center, but that did not work out so good, so we moved to the loft above the gym, but that also created a problem, because some of the ladies weren't able to climb the stairs.



Louise Harden, Audra Pike, and Geraldine Baldwin were great helpers, but now, they too, are unable to climb the stairs. But they support us in other ways.

The first year we gave away 65 quilts for cancer benefits, house fires, baby quilts to Kosair Children's Hospital and for other needs and causes.

This last year, 2011, we made and gave away 113 quilts. These quilts went to Columbia, Green County, and Taylor County; Louisville; to Alabama for the tornado victims; Casey County to help house fire victims and cancer patients, Russell Springs, Jamestown, and to London, KY for a lady who lost her foot.

We donate quilts to anyone who has benefits, or wherever the need may be.

Most of the material we use is donated to us, but we've had to buy all the lining and the batting, so we have our own fund raisers to do that. And when we run out of money from the fund raisers, we take it out of our own pockets to keep the projects going.

So far the Lord has supplied our needs and we are going to do all we can to keep this mission going. Even though we are getting more and more requests for quilts each week, we have faith that the Lord will provide.

We will try our best to help anyone who calls us. Acts 20: 35 The Lord said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. - Linda Roberts

To make a request for a quilt or quilts should contact: Linda Roberts at 270-634-0309 or 270-384-5235. Contact Clestine Neat at 270-384-4478. Contact Sister Joanna Lehman at 270-250-3848.

To mail requests or lend support, mail to: Mrs. Joanna Lehman, ATTN: Joanna, 4434 Sulphur Creek Road, Columbia, KY 42728.

To contribute at the bank at the First National Bank, Russell Springs, KY to this account: Millerfield Brethren in Christ Ladies Missionary Circle, Linda Roberts or Dema Neat, 345 Sulphur Creek Road, Columbia, KY 42728.


This story was posted on 2012-03-08 09:58:51
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Another quilt underway to donated for benefit



2012-02-27 - Photo by Irvin Jackson.

The Millerfield Ladies Quilting Group, Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, sewed 113 quilts to sell and donate the money to charities. Sometimes the quilts are sold and the money is donated, sometimes the quilts go directly to those in need of a quilt, and often they are given to benefits to raise money for a worthy cause. In the photo are, from left Linda Roberts, Glenna Bailey, Joanna Lehman, Tammy Jackson, Clestine Neat, Ova Roberts, and Glenna Bailey.

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Adriana Humble has great time at quilting circle



2012-03-08 - 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Roberts.
Adriana Humble, was a big help for all the Millerfield Quilting Ladies of the Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY. Shes thrilled to see a gifted quilter, Joanna Lehman, busy tacking, Monday, February 27, 2012.

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Sister Joanna and Bro. Richard Lehman



2012-03-08 - 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Roberts.
Menfolks can be helpful, too
Bro. Richard Lehman moved some totes full of quiting material for the members of the Millerfield Quilting Circle, above, with his wife, Sister Joanna Lehman. Actually Dewey Bailey, Charles Neat, and Dennis Roberts, occasionally - every now and again - help with the actual quilting. They do a fine job. The Lehmans have been at Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church for almost 20 years. -Linda Roberts

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Tammy Jackson and Betty Abrell



2012-03-08 - Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Roberts.
Tammy Jackson who's been quilting for about a year, watches as Betty Abrell tacks the lining and the batting to the quilt top. Mrs. Abrell has been with the quilting circle since it was started, in 2009. The photo was taken Monday, February 27, 2012. Since that time, including the quilt above, the circle has completed four quilts. The pattern above nine-patch, an old-old design which has been around for years. -Linda Roberts

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Glenna Bailey, official needle threader, tack tyer



2012-03-08 - Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Roberts.
Glenna Bailey
is the official needle threader for the circle. When it comes to the really tedious work which requires patience and dexterity, she's the member to do it. When she's not threading, she ties the tacking - finishing touch. Tacked quilts, vs. machine-quilted, are vastly preferred by customers. They have a more genuine, old-timey look. - Linda Roberts

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Clestine Neat, pinning top to batting



2012-03-08 - Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church, 1935 Millerfield Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Roberts.
Clestine Neat
does whatever needs to be done. Here she's pinning the quilt top to the batting, getting it ready for the finish up - tacking. She's also a founding member of the circle, one who can always be counted on, as can be said of all the the tight knit members of the circle.

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