This quilt was made to honor my family's migration from the East coast to Colorado in 1876. The story ----
My great-great Uncle Asa Haines, as a young man, was involved in a logging accident in Maine and lost a leg. He was advised to go west, where he could 'ride a horse'. The local Masonic Lodge gave him $100, and his journey began first on the train. Further west, he traveled on a stage coach, then on a train again from Denver going south as far as the train went. From there, he walked on his peg leg 20 miles back east to a job as a sheep herder; eventually homesteading on the southeast Colorado prairies. His brother, my great grandfather, soon followed after his young wife died leaving him with two young sons to raise. Those two young boys grew to marry two sisters whose families had immigrated from Germany in the late 19th century. My maternal family also came to southeast Colorado in the 19th century to establish a farm and ranching home.
For the last 150 years, my family has continually lived in southern Colorado. I'm definitely a proud, native Coloradan.
THE STATS: Follow the Star Journey West, 2026, 30" x 30", Paper Pieced, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted
The colors for the quilt were chosen to signify the beauty of the prairies of Southeast Colorado.
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