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Community Quilt: Sew Close To Completion

Livingston quilters discover it's hip to be square.

Livingston Library’s community quilt features dozens of stories told in squares.

The project, which began early this season, or show their favorite author or book. After contributors were done drawing on the squares, teen volunteers and library staff members have spent much of the summer quilting the pieces.   

One of those volunteers is Helen O’Connor, an 11th grade student at Livingston High School. "It was really fun to work on the quilt," she said. "Jan Aji, who works at the library, taught me how to quilt by machine.” 

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The idea for the quilt was conceived by quilt artist and illustrator, , and Teen Services Librarian, Karen deWilde.  

“It really was Jan who taught kids who had never quilted before, how to do it. She’s a great teacher,”  Yorinks said.

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When the final work is unveiled later this year, deWilde says there will be a party for those who participated and they will be the first to see the quilt in its final resting place: on one of the walls in the Youth Department.  Children’s Librarian, Gina Vaccaro said about the project, “It’s been really a wonderful community experience.”   

Sometimes, it’s hip to make a square.

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