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Raffle features local talent
Estella Clinansmith makes afghan for second-place prize
By Sheila Pursglove, Special Writer
PUBLISHED: August 28, 2008
If you'd like to snuggle under a queen-size quilt, or tuck a cozy cross-stitched afghan over your lap, be sure to pick up raffle tickets from the Saline Area Senior Center at 7190 North Maple Road in Saline, where these prizes are on display.
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The quilt, made by Barbara Johnston, is first prize in the annual Senior Center Quilt Raffle to be held 9 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Saline Community Fair. The afghan, with an image of a mother rabbit and her baby, is second prize. Third prize is a $25 gift certificate for the senior center.
Ticket printing was sponsored by the Saline Area Rotary Club and the senior center booth at the fair is sponsored by Rick Benson of Saline Hearing. Tickets will be available through the time of the drawing.
Money raised supports funding for coffee and cookies at the center, as well as scholarships for two Saline High School graduating seniors.
The cross-stitch queen is Estella Clinansmith, a 30-plus-year resident of the Saline area, where she raised two sons and a daughter. Clinansmith, a member of the senior center for more than 14 years, was a clerk at the Ann Arbor Public Library, where she worked in the outreach department.
Clinansmith started cross-stitching 25 years ago when a friend introduced her and her daughter to the ancient craft. One of the oldest forms of embroidery, cross-stitch is popular around the world. In the United States, the earliest known cross-stitch sampler is at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Mass. The sampler was created in the mid-17th century by Loara Standish.
"I used to do knitting and crocheting, and cross-stitch was something new for me," Clinansmith said. "Now it's the only handcraft I do. It's very relaxing and can be very absorbing. Time goes fast when I'm engrossed in it. I don't know what I would do without it."
She often creates small items for the senior center to sell, especially at Christmas. The afghan for the fair took her a couple of months to make, working for three to four hours a day.
"I'm always glad to do another piece for the senior center," she said.
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