{"id":749,"date":"2011-01-12T03:25:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T08:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quiltschenectady.org\/?p=749"},"modified":"2011-07-31T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T19:02:35","slug":"january-2011-guild-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltschenectady.org\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"January 2011 Guild Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"Karen Brackett from Skidmore College and Patti Estabrook from Patti's Quilting & Fabrics in Glens Falls gave a wonderful presentation of their Education Study Program in South Africa.\u00a0 This program is designed to expose Skidmore College students to the history, culture, geography and education system of South Africa.\u00a0 While this program has been in operation for several years, around 2008 they began a collaboration with Patti\u2019s Quilting Shop to create quilts for South African children and also to teach them basic sewing and quilting skills.\u00a0 Included in the presentation were the story quilts created by Skidmore students.\u00a0 More information on this program can be found at Patti's Quilting & Fabrics<\/a> or at Skidmore in Africa<\/a>.\r\n\r\nGuild Meeting Program:\u00a0 \n\n \t
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