Busy hands urged needle and thread through calico fabric.
Young heads bent forward in concentration. Stitch followed stitch as excited cries rang out, “Mrs. Miner, look. I finished my name,” and “Help, Mrs. Ramsey. My thread’s in a knot.”
Each Tuesday and Wednesday near the end of March and all through April, girls from Michelle Hatchard’s and Kathi Collins’ classrooms met after school in Mindy Ramsey’s home to sew quilts as surprise gifts for their…