Perrysburg Quilters

Sue and Ron Moenter host a quilting group in their Perrysburg, Ohio home on Jan. 8, 2015. The quilts are donated to others. CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE AND START SLIDESHOW.

Ella Kazmaier, left, and Joan Moulton, both from Perrysburg, create a quilt from a patchwork blanket. They estimate that the blanket was put together from scraps of material in the 1940s.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Ella Kazmaier, left, and Joan Moulton, both from Perrysburg, create a quilt from a patchwork blanket. They estimate that the ...
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Sue and Ron Moenter create a quilt from a patchwork blanket.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Becky Robertson, of Perrysburg, working on converting a patchwork blanket into a quilt.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joan Moulton, of Perrysburg, left, and Milly Dierker, of Pemberville, working on converting a patchwork blanket into a quilt.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Joan Moulton, of Perrysburg, creates a quilt.
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Scraps of material are used in the patchwork blanket the quilters are converting into a quilt. Under the surgical scissors in the middle -- three of the quilters were nurses -- tiny pieces of cloth complete the vertical-striped patches.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Scraps of material are used in the patchwork blanket the quilters are converting into a quilt. Under the surgical scissors ...
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Ron Moenter threads a needle under a light.
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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Sue Moenter is one of several people creating a quilt from a patchwork blanket.
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