Abandoned quilt lands in caring hands

SECOND OF A TWO-PART STORY
PIECING TOGETHER A MYSTERY Hanaba Welch, left, and Sandy Fuston put their heads together at church in Turkey the Sunday after Bob Wills Day, happy to think they would likely find a good place for a historic friendship quilt with Turkey connections. | PHOTO (SELFIE) BY HANABA MUNN WELCH
PIECING TOGETHER A MYSTERY Hanaba Welch, left, and Sandy Fuston put their heads together at church in Turkey the Sunday after Bob Wills Day, happy to think they would likely find a good place for a historic friendship quilt with Turkey connections. | PHOTO (SELFIE) BY HANABA MUNN WELCH

A story in May 2 issue of The Caprock Courier hinted that a happy home was in sight for an old abandoned friendship quilt — one with connections to Turkey, Texas.

For readers who missed the first part of this story, a summary: Sheila Smith of Lubbock came into possession of the quilt when she and her husband, Shane Smith, bought a house in Levelland. Through research, Sheila Smith determined names …