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The Times & Seasons Quilt

After hundreds of hours' effort over several months, Rhoda completed this very complex and intricate quilt on December 29, 2007.  Covered bridges, windmills, farms and churches intertwine against an appliquéd and ribbon-embroidered countryside depicting the beauty of nature and diversity of humankind.

The 'Times & Seasons Quilt' honors the strength, determination, and superb workmanship of our ancestors, in the two small railway trains representing a momentous event in American history: Approaching from the West on Row 1 the Central Pacific's 'Jupiter' and from the East on Row 2 the Union Pacific's 'No.119' meet on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, where the ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike marks completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

 

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Entire Quilt

 

Individual Panels:
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071229_05.jpg (210326 bytes) 071229_06.jpg (218555 bytes) 071229_07.jpg (182612 bytes) 071229_08.jpg (185290 bytes)
071229_09.jpg (204287 bytes) 071229_10.jpg (195380 bytes) 071229_11.jpg (219279 bytes) 071229_12.jpg (194224 bytes)
071229_13.jpg (167544 bytes) 071229_14.jpg (251669 bytes) 071229_15.jpg (164216 bytes)

 

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The border is stitched in     Rhoda shows the quilting
   a railroad track pattern                                     

 

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Central Pacific "Jupiter"        Union Pacific "No. 119"

 

 

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Rhoda at the 2008 York, PA quilt show Rhoda and a 'White Glove Lady' Rhoda and her 'Fantasy Flowers' quilt

 

 

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Rhoda's train quilt

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