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Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt up for bid


Carol Stone shows off the floral applique quilt she took home from the Dryden Historical Society’s December meeting with a winning bid of just $50. Submitted photos

Carol Stone shows off the floral applique quilt she took home from the Dryden Historical Society’s December meeting with a winning bid of just $50. Submitted photos

DRYDEN — Area residents have until Feb. 6 to make a bid on the third of seven vintage quilts being auctioned by the Dryden Township Historical Society.

At the Society’s December meeting Carol Stone took home a floral applique quilt with scalloped borders for a winning bid of $50. Last month the society sold a fan-style quilt for $70.

Society member Tina Papineau said this month the group is putting a Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt with two scalloped sides up for bid. The Society will accept bids in $5 increments by text through Feb. 6.

To place a bid, text your name and the amount to 810-706-0299.

The quilts are all part of a collection of seven that were made by a Dryden man’s mother and grandmother sometime between the 1930s and 1970. Papineau said the man gave them to Joyce Schihl, a Dryden resident who owns The Pincushion, a quilt shop in Imlay City.

Papineau said the Society decided to auction them off to raise money for its museum. “None of these antique quilts are perfect,” said Papineau, “but they are all beautiful.”

This Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt could be yours with a winning bid with the Dryden Historical Society. Take home a Dryden-area handmade vintage quilt and help preserve the township’s history by texting your name and a bid to 810-706-0299.

This Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt could be yours with a winning bid with the Dryden Historical Society. Take home a Dryden-area handmade vintage quilt and help preserve the township’s history by texting your name and a bid to 810-706-0299.

Housed in what was built in 1883 as the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad station on the village’s east side, the Dryden Historical Museum is open from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mondays at 5488 Dryden Rd., next to the Dryden Library. The building was moved there in 1979 after Grand Trunk Railroad, which had operated the line since 1910, abandoned it.

The building has served as Dryden’s Historical Museum since 1981.

Phil Foley