A quilting project of generational proportions
Madison Ypma with her quilt made from blocks sewn from Depression-era flour sacks. (Chris Peterson photo)
Years ago, Madison Ypma’s great-great grandmother Ida Brock Sterling sewed together blocks for a quilt.
It was the midst of the Great Depression and Sterling hand sewed the blocks — squares of cloth — from bags used to carry flour...
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