A new generation of quilting begins

Katherine Pulyk, 10, stands behind her rag quilt she created with a family friend Joanne Brady.Photo by Susan Hodges
by Susan Hodges
At 10-years-old it isn't often you have already finished sewing your first quilt but for Katherine Pulyk not only has she finished her first quilt but is looking forward to starting her second.
"I am hoping to do another one but this time it will be with knots that we have to tie but we don't know how to make the knots yet," said Pulyk who had her quilt on display at the Quilt and Art Show at the Vermilion Regional Centre in Vermilion on Saturday and Sunday.
Making a quilt is not something Pulyk has learned on her own however but through a family friend Joanne Brady.
"Mrs. Brady was talking to me about quilting one night and I said I would like to make one. She said I could if I wanted to and so that is how it started," said Pulyk.
The two met once a week for three months and during that time Pulyk learned how to sew on a sewing machine and how to cut and line up the pattern.....
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