The following is synopsis of how the quilt
raffles came to be. During the cold, winter months of 2005 Marylou
Doyle, Kris Robertson, Eleanor Hamilton, June Booth, and Linda
Hamilton constructed a quilt called, Patriotic Stars. The beautiful
red, white, and blue star theme quilt was machine quilted by the
Wyoming Quilting Company, Jeanne Knudsen, of Cody. Jeannie
donated her quilting talents to help make this project a success.
The quilt was first displayed at the annual
Cowboy Carnival Quilt Show on May 28th, and this event
kicked off raffle ticket sales. The queen-sized quilt was on
display during the Hyattville Old Timer’s celebration in July, at
the annual Hyattville Methodist Harvest Dinner in October, and also
found a home in the window at Big Horn Quilts during the raffle
ticket selling period. The quilters and the History Committee
members knocked on doors and lobbied many businesses and made nearly
$800.
Money
raised from the quilt ticket sales was earmarked by the Hyattville
Community Center Board for use by the History Committee. According
to Denise Herman, Co-Chair of the History Committee, the funds were
used to purchase scrapbooks and other much need supplies to help the
committee organize the huge quantity of pictures and news clippings
that were accumulating as the group collected information for the
future Hyattville history book. Please click here to learn more
about the history work that has been completed so far or stop by the
Hyattville Community Center and
take a look at some of the scrapbooks that depict some of the old
history of Hyattville and its people as well as some of the recent
events.
Immediately following the Harvest Dinner in
early October, the magic ticket was drawn. The lucky winner was
Adrienne Twitchell from Hyattville. Adrienne graciously donated the
quilt back to the group, and it was decided that the quilt would be
auctioned off at the 2006 Cowboy Carnival auction, again, with the
monies being earmarked for research and publication expenses
incurred by the History Committee. Adrienne, an FFA teacher at Ten
Sleep High School, told the group that she understands how hard it
is to raise money for worthy causes and felt that she’d like to
donate the quilt back and provide one more opportunity for raising
much needed funds. The Hyattville Community Center and the History
Committee owe a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Adrienne for her generosity.
The quilt was sold at the Cowboy Carnival auction on May 28th and
was purchased by Sharon Redland. Thanks, too, to Sharon for
supporting the History Committee work.
As winter approached, again, the local quilters
decided to try their hands at making another quilt to be raffled off
during 2006. Monies from this quilt will be earmarked for the
history expenses as well. This new quilt is a queen-king log cabin
style design and will also be machine quilted by Jeanne Knudsen.
In 2007 the group constructed the above quilt and raffle tickets are
currently being sold on it.
Even though making a large quilt like this
involves days and days of donated time, the group hopes to continue
creating a quilt every year either to help defray costs incurred by
the History Committee or for the Hyattville Community Center. It
has been a wonderful time for the quilters to get together and learn
from each other and to experience the satisfaction of working
together as a team to complete a worthwhile project.
On right, Debbie Lewis, Basin. Debbie was the winner of the
second raffle quilt produced by the Hyattville Quilters.
Below, Elmer Nelson, Worland, winner of quilt #3.
