designed this quilt to show her house and grounds in hexagons.

Mobile quilters were interested in seeing the quilts up close and asking questions. Betty quilted all of the large applique quilts by hand while sitting up in bed at night, using a round wooden hoop . She began machine quilting some of her later small pieces.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Challenge theme for our October 5-6-7, 2012, show is
"Find Your True South," which is the new Mississippi brand initiative
recently announced by the Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Division. VisitHattiesburg, our local visitors bureau,
has again generously sponsored a challenge purchase award for a 24" x
24" wall quilt featuring the theme "Find Your True South." VisitHattiesburg sponsored the "Miss Hattie" challenge at the 2008 show and the
"Hattiesburg Train Depot" and "USM" challengeson the left.

Polly Duggan used a circle of flying geese as the finish to her 2005 Challenge Piece at Quilters By Heart's Desire.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

We meet at University Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, MS. Every year a group from the church sends a team to Honduras with the Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International. We were asked to send some blankets or quilts to be given to the families after the workers reported from last year: The people came into the clinic, and the mothers would say, "Baby cold."

We decided we could furnish more by sending 2-yard serged fleece blankets, and our members have generously donated 87 for the mission team to give. The team has to ship supplies and equipment in October to have them there for