As the teacher carefully spread the quilted coverlet on the grass the girls exclaimed in delight.
The quilt might be “crazy” in pattern, but never had they seen such a splash of gay colors! Blue, gold, red, green, yellow and every hue of the rainbow.
Altogether, the quilt was so beautiful that the girls disliked the thought of selling it. Of course they would, however, for the organization needed money.
“How did you finish it so quickly?” Connie inquired.
“I had many willing helpers,” Miss Gordon explained. “Last night we had a quilting bee at my home.”
“What’s a quilting bee?” questioned Sunny curiously.
“A quilting party,” Miss Gordon explained. “I invited teachers from the Rosedale School and a number of my other friends. First we tacked the quilt onto wooden frames. Then we put a backing on it and filled in a layer of cotton. Finally, we tacked it down and took it from the frames.”
“My, that must have been a lot of work!” exclaimed Rosemary. “Even more than making the quilt blocks.”
“It was,” admitted the teacher. “But finishing such a fine quilt was well worth while. Don’t you all feel that way about it?”
“Oh, yes!” agreed the Brownies.