Our coal bucket adventure has come to a close. We had to say goodbye to our bucket and two quilts that we made to go with it. The whole family was able to get together labor day weekend for birthdays, Little Balkans Quilt Show, and the Art Fest/ Coal Bucket auction. Our coal bucket was one of the first ones to be auctioned off and it was very exciting to see and hear people bidding on our coal bucket. It sold for $900 and Mag Labs of Pittsburg purchased it. I heard that it is now at The Girard Medical Center which is fitting since we are all orginally from Girard.
We also auctioned two quilts that we made to go along with our coal bucket. This one was made with leftover blocks that we made to put on the coal bucket. Sherry sewed them together and Lorri quilted it. The other quilt was made to celebrate our Art Fest / Coal Bucket adventure with farmer's daughters blocks and some abstract Coal Bucket blocks. (Sorry about the picture being in the wrong place. My computer skills are not very good.) We hope they are happy in their new homes! It was quite the experience and an honor to be involved with The Art Fest in its first year. It was hard to say goodbye to our coal bucket after all the work that we did to decorate it but it was time for it to go on a new adventure!
