All through my life, I have found that the unsung "heroes" are an integral part of every experience. As a patient in a hospital, the nurses and tech support people are the unsung heroes, in schools: librarians, aides and maintenance people. For the first "Trail Rug" of the PA Quilt Trails it is our painters.
There's a lot of buzz around the newest addition to the PA Quilt Trails. The Tuscarora site will be host to the first Trail Rug in the entire country. Rug Hookers, often slighted from attention from ever popular needle crafts (crochet, knitting and quilting) will get a visibility long overdue. And in the background and making things happen is a group of painters from the Locust Grove Rehabilitation and Retirement Center in Mifflin, PA.
Under the Direction of Frida Durio, residents are adapting an original Magdalena Briner hook rug pattern to be painted on a large scale. Translating one medium (yarn) to another (latex paint) is a challenge but Frida and the residents have embraced this challenge. By mid summer central Pennsylvania will have another visible testament to the beauty and ability of community projects such as the PA Quilt Trails.
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