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Some -of thescenes811000 drew
• *ont, pietUreg*444tie she drew freehand.
She basted each one onto- it: square before
.1!.PliliqUeing it with :bright .pieces of fabric,
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Mrs. Bushell was bolt in Bruce County,
near, .,14olyrood. She and her hUSband Morley
sithed there before moving tb.Winghain,14,
go. They have four sons and two
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Eve Sint* she was a small girl; Mrs?
--Bushell has quilted, following in ,.the .foot
stepi of her mother. and.grandniother. When
she moved to Winghani she started quilting
with the ladies at St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church.
In fact it was at the church she first heard
about the bicentennial quilt competition.
That was last fall and after thinking about it
fora while, she decided to enter a quilt, but
did not get state:440dt until after Christmas.
The contest was .open to any citizen of
Ontario or grotip;.It hadto be a double bed
size, at least, and eintidnot be made from a
Entries would be judged on 50 -per cent
worknianship,.25 per cent design, and 25 per
cent bicentennial theme. The first prize gnat
would win $500, as well as being presented
to the queen.
When she started to work dna design,
Mrs. Bushell'said she Sat down, first and-
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planned'wbat she hOped the finished product
would look like. Then she get down to
*albeit by drawing scenes which she
thought best depicted Ontario's past. '
: Originally she had wanted, a green hackle
ground but decided upon grey with a
"-- black border.
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'store- MetiedlOtts in its detail. She
'Ilautes of log sawing,
'is butterand, of coutte,
40e is right down to the last
The finishedtit,Atook four months to
complete and itis4o.large, it took up a
lotof ffoorspace when it Was set up. But the
•Baahellfamily is used.to this sort -of thing by
new, and Mrs. Bushell said they just carried
on as normal around the - guilt
Mrs. Bushell held art01te, thouse the last
weekend in April to let her friends and
family see the quilttiefere sending it to the.
'agricultural museum at Milton. May 1 for the
judging last Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs.
Bushell received the call that she had won
last Friday, the first prize winner among the
200 entries received.
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Mrs. Bushell's.work is well known in local
circles. She won first prize at the 1978
plowing match held at Wingharn and had
one of her quilts raffled the town's.
centennial in 1979. She` se hat Won three
grand championships at the Teeswater Fall
Fair.
As a matter of fact, she is so associated
with quilting, that people have called her
home and asked for the "Quilt Lady".
This summer will be a busy one for the
Buthells as they are going to Europe in June
to celebrate the 40th anniversary of D -Day
and then will go to Kingston in July to meet
the queen.
Mts Bushell is literally "three feet off the
ground" about winning the competition, but
,adtnitted the does have mixed feelings: she
is proud to have won, but at the same time,
wanted The quilt back to keep herself.
. But no matter what, she now will be
•known asthe "Quilt Lady", to people all over
the province.
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