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Audubon woman likes to make quilts
By Maxine Christensen
Irene Jorgensen of Audubon (pictured) likes to keep busy. However, she admits, that after several surgeries in the past years, she’s not as active as she used to be.
She and her husband were always active in the Hamlin Lutheran Church of which they are members. She was former president of the Women of the Church, was secretary of the former Priscilla Guild, was chairwoman of the annual church supper for 18 years and is still the chairwoman of the Memorial Committee.
In 1991, after helping run the J and J Hardware Store, and having open heart surgery, she decided that she needed a hobby, and since she had helped the Hamlin church women with quilting for world relief, she thought that, “I’ll just start making quilts for myself.” Start, she did, and to date she has made over 80 quilts, a good many of which she has given to children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Her first quilt was a “nine patch” quilt, but the quilts she now makes are mostly “puff” quilts which you will learn about later in the story. She decided to make a patriotic quilt using colors of red, white, and blue, and send to the annual quilt auction at the Lutheran Bible Camp at Okoboji. The quilt brought $225 - the last quilt she sent to the auction, a puff quilt, brought $750.
All of her quilts are made of new material, and most are 102 x 108 inches. Besides the nine patch, she has made eight point star, log cabin, Joseph’s Christmas star, crazy quilt, 4 inch square quilt, butterfly, fan quilt in brown and tan and edged in lace, embossed quilts -just about any kind of quilt imaginable. One of her white bridal satin baby quilts had a design of a rose between each knot.
She has also made quilts for her church, where raffle tickets were sold and in 2007 the quilt brought $700. She also makes lap robes, and always uses new material, and says that, “Jim does all the cutting for me, as I can’t hold the pattern steady and cut at the same time.” She has one quilt which put on the bed one way is a queen sized quilt, and put on the bed me other direction becomes a king sized quilt.. She remarked that in years past, “Jim and I liked to travel- and I was always on the lookout for different materials. We have been in all 50 states, and while we liked to travel, it was always good to get back home.”
Now to the directions for making the “puff” quilt, (and she had to show me several times, before I could understand it). Believe me, if you ever start making the “puff” quilts, you will end up having the most beautiful quilt you have ever seen. Okay, here goes. Take two pieces of 4 and one half inch squares and hold together. - on one side, put a dart in the middle, and stitch the sides together, open up, and add another 4 1/2 square and repeat the process (make a dart, and stitch the side). Continue this until you have 14 squares. Then start another row, and when it is completed, put the two rows together, matching the sides and make a dart in the middle as before. When all done, each square will have a “box” on top. When you have as many “boxes” as you want, add borders of whatever width you want, until you have the size of the quilt you desire.
If you can’t follow the above directions, stop in and talk to Jorgensen - she will be glad to show you.
She and her husband were always active in the Hamlin Lutheran Church of which they are members. She was former president of the Women of the Church, was secretary of the former Priscilla Guild, was chairwoman of the annual church supper for 18 years and is still the chairwoman of the Memorial Committee.
In 1991, after helping run the J and J Hardware Store, and having open heart surgery, she decided that she needed a hobby, and since she had helped the Hamlin church women with quilting for world relief, she thought that, “I’ll just start making quilts for myself.” Start, she did, and to date she has made over 80 quilts, a good many of which she has given to children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Her first quilt was a “nine patch” quilt, but the quilts she now makes are mostly “puff” quilts which you will learn about later in the story. She decided to make a patriotic quilt using colors of red, white, and blue, and send to the annual quilt auction at the Lutheran Bible Camp at Okoboji. The quilt brought $225 - the last quilt she sent to the auction, a puff quilt, brought $750.
All of her quilts are made of new material, and most are 102 x 108 inches. Besides the nine patch, she has made eight point star, log cabin, Joseph’s Christmas star, crazy quilt, 4 inch square quilt, butterfly, fan quilt in brown and tan and edged in lace, embossed quilts -just about any kind of quilt imaginable. One of her white bridal satin baby quilts had a design of a rose between each knot.
She has also made quilts for her church, where raffle tickets were sold and in 2007 the quilt brought $700. She also makes lap robes, and always uses new material, and says that, “Jim does all the cutting for me, as I can’t hold the pattern steady and cut at the same time.” She has one quilt which put on the bed one way is a queen sized quilt, and put on the bed me other direction becomes a king sized quilt.. She remarked that in years past, “Jim and I liked to travel- and I was always on the lookout for different materials. We have been in all 50 states, and while we liked to travel, it was always good to get back home.”
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If you can’t follow the above directions, stop in and talk to Jorgensen - she will be glad to show you.
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