![]() ![]() Pam Haas and Diane Deahl, 1987, Lincoln, Nebraska, 59.75x29.5 Quilt made by AQSG Members and presented o Lincoln Quilters Guild as thanks for hosting the AQSG Annual Meeting in October 1992. These quilts hang in the two classroom buildings at Dunblane Primary School as memorials and sources of comfort for the children there. Two schoolhouse quilts were made featuring 16 small stars representing the children and one large star representing the teacher. Two teacher quilts made depicting school children with the message “to teach is to touch a life forever.” One teacher quilt was sent to her family and one was sent to the school. Angel quilts were made and sent to families of the children and family of the teacher. Quilts were made for a school in Dunblane, Scotland where 16 children and their teacher were killed in Spring 1996. ![]() LQG Members, Project Chair Elaine Nielsen, 1996, Lincoln, Nebraska, 14.5” x 14.5” “Dedicated to Those Who Have Gone to Heaven Too Soon”Īlphabet (Dunblane Memorial Quilt, Images 6089, 6090, 6091) IQSCM #2017.040.0007 The quilts were made in April and May 1995 and delivered in May 1995 to Oklahoma City for presentation to the families. Quilts made for 19 families of children killed in Oklahoma City Federal Office Building bombing on 4/19/95. LQG Members, 1995, Lincoln, Nebraska, 15x14.5 The piece was made to hang at quilt shows to discourage touching of quilts. Guild members were invited to make the applique blocks. LQG Members, 1980, Lincoln, Nebraska, 121x87 Scroll past the information that has been collected about the quilts to get to the photo gallery. LQG has a quilt collection that is now archived at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.
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