Living and teaching in rural Alaska had its challenges. One of the biggest was fresh produce. When given the opportunity to travel to Bethel for teacher training, we would jump at the chance, and bring a cooler, box, or large suitcase if possible to bring home our booty.
Naomi and I were befriended by a teaching couple, Jim and Debbie, and spent many weekends over the years on their pull out beds. The money we saved on hotel rooms was used to purchase lots of fresh fruit, veggies and eggs. We always left fresh produce for their family in exchange for their hospitality.
Debbie was also a quilter. The square dance pattern was one she shared with us during a visit. I decided that I would create a small wall hanging for forth of July to determine how difficult and time consuming this pattern would be since you sew quilt blocks together, cut them apart and then sew them together again to create the pinwheels in the pattern.
I also used this pattern to create a quilt for my ex-husband's oldest daughter, Jessica. If I remember correctly, I sent this to her for graduation. I am not sure why, but I decided to hand quilt this one. I can remember sitting on the floor at my parent's house at Blue Lake hand quilting this one. My mom sent me many of the fabrics that are in this quilt from stores in Michigan.
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