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
  • STITCHED WITH LOVE An old friendship quilt bears the names of some Turkey quilters. Sheila Smith and Barbara Brannon (in hat) display the quilt in the midday sun on Bob Wills Day in the Bob Wills Museum parking lot. Smith took the quilt to Turkey in hopes of finding it a home. | PHOTO BY HANABA MUNN WELCH
    STITCHED WITH LOVE An old friendship quilt bears the names of some Turkey quilters. Sheila Smith and Barbara Brannon (in hat) display the quilt in the midday sun on Bob Wills Day in the Bob Wills Museum parking lot. Smith took the quilt to Turkey in hopes of finding it a home. | PHOTO 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, S...

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