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/ Free Pa“ Please attend ll you already have your puppy or are expecting your um arrival soon! Par-registration ls required. Please «all to reserve a spot. Umited seating available. No admission fee is required. We ask that you make a minimum $5 donation to the SPCA Complimentary 'goodie bag' with samples and infonmtion for every attendee. You may register Iy telephone. small or m In and m u. 416-568-3222 A Markham - 'WHITCHURCH‘STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" â€" See us on 'www.stouffvi"eonline.com' M, Dyadicnce Train'ih‘gv Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:30pm - 2:30pm COUNCILLOR WARD 2 away,“ ammonium clwlllfightforonhancodPoficomcem ”WWW” dofinodbymoOakRIdgumAct clwlllonsumvaluoforpmperlytaxes. 6389 Main St. “momma 905-642-8289 info@K95inKahoots.oa Pat displays a beautiful quilt created by family and ' ds as a surprise gift for her daughter, Jeni, and husband, Steve Hoover, in celebration of the couple’s wedding which took place at Springvale Baptist Church in Stouflville Sept. 5. When lenl Montgomery married Steve Hoover ‘In September, the couple were presented with a beautiful custom-made quilt which they will always treasure. Wedding gift a beautiful coverup By Kate Gilderdale VSftouffville Ibis Month "'They were engaged last September, and l declded I wanted to try this project," explained lenl's mother. Pat Montgomery. Armed with a paint chip from the groom's home where the couple now live. -"I went to the~States for a shopping During her time as a missionary in Haiti, Jeni had made some wonderful friends, and Pat wanted them to be included on the quilt. "ln lune, agmup from (Spn‘ngvale Baptist) Church, including leni, went down to Haiti. I took one of the girls aside, told her about the project, and gave her about a dozen squares of fabn'c to take with her," said Pat. While they were there. the young woman man- aged to get some wonder- ful contributions to the quilt without giving the game away to leni. “We It was a first for Pat, who had no experience of the intricacies of quilt making. "It's so precise. It's like putting the pieces of a puule together." In March this year. she sent out squares of fabric to the couple's family and close friends, asking them to decorate each one with their own special message and return the fabric by the end of May. trip with one of my girl- friends and we chose the colours at a fabric store. I visited another friend, who originally gave me the pat- tern, in November and we started cutting the pieces for the quilt." At the wedding recep- tion, "We made Steve and Jeni close their eyes. and led them across the room to the quilt." When they saw the what their friends and family had created. they were ovenvhelmed. "So many people knew about it, I couldn't believe that we were able to keep it a secret," said Pat. The finished master- piece contains 52 hearts, with another l4 hearts divided between two matching pillow shams. Another friend, who lives in Pennsylvania. said that if Pat would send the quilt by courier, she would do the hand-stitching around the hearts and bands of fabric. Within three weeks,.the quilt was ready to be picked up and brought home. Pat, along with Steve's mother and grandmother, added some stitches of their own to complete the couple's unique gift. also have one square from France, supplied by leni's French teacher, one from England, one from B.C. and one from Wfax,‘ said Pat. "A friend from Aurora. who is a qudter put it together and lanine Zeck appliqued a“ the hearts onto the quilt."\ x NOVEMBER 2003