Stitches in time

Sandusky Register Staff
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01:53 AM
Jun 30
2010
Register photo/DANIA MAXWELL Frances Jedd, 93, holds a quilt square while in her living room in Sandusky, Ohio on June 25, 2010. Frances has completed 9,522 quilt squares and wants to get to 10,000 before she dies.
Register photo/DANIA MAXWELL Frances Jedd, 93, sits in her living room in Sandusky, Ohio on June 25, 2010. In the background are Frances's quilting utencils. Frances has completed 9,522 quilt squares and wants to get to 10,000 before she dies.
Register photo/DANIA MAXWELL Frances Jedd, 93, uses a walker to assist her as she walks around her home in Sandusky, Ohio on June 25, 2010. Frances has completed 9,522 quilt squares and wants to get to 10,000 before she dies.
Register photo/DANIA MAXWELL Frances Jedd, 93, sits in her living room with an article published in the Sandusky Register about her quilt stitching. Frances has completed 9,522 quilt squares and wants to get to 10,000 before she dies.
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Using the crochet hook, Frances Jedd carefully pulls the yarn through a knot, completing another colorful row of the 9,525th quilt square she's made.



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Jun 30, 2010
09:20 AM

columbus avenue says

Wonderful human interest story, BUT...

A  "quilt" is made of fabric and the backing and filling are "quilted" to stabilize the filling material so it doesn't wander.  Franes Jedd is beautifully crocheting AFGHANS.



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