Pieced bybr/ strongKathy Cracroft Wilhelmsen/strongbr/ (Draper, Utah - 2019)br/ br/ This quilt was made during the 2018-2019 Block-of-the-Month class at Quilt Etc. in Sandy,br/ br/ The year's theme was strongThe Great Quilt Read/strong, a take-off on the PBS show, strongThe Great American Read/strong. Each month one of the store employees talked about a favorite book, its characters and themes, and the author.br/ br/ Presentations included emCharlotte's Web, Frankenstein, The Hiding Place, I Am the Messenger, The Magician's Nephew, Two Old Women, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, To the Bright Edge of the World, A Wrinkle in Time, Huckleberry Finn, Where the Red Fern Grows, and To Kill a Mockingbird/em.br/ br/ I've come to learn over the years that quilters and readers are often cut form the same cloth.br/ br/ As the setting for this quilt, I modified and simplified the patternquot;Reach for the Starsquot; by Terry Krysan.br/ br/ Quilted bybr/ strongEagle Mountain Quilting/strongbr/ Sandy, Utah