Santa Rosa County 4-H sets quilting workshops

Paula Ernest, right, a home community educator, helps 4-H member Grace English learn to sew. Santa Rosa's 4-H is offering a series of quilting workshops in January. [Special to the Press Gazette]

MILTON — Santa Rosa County 4-H will offer a "Past, Present & Future 4-H Quilting Class" workshop series for current, former or prospective 4-Hers as well as adults.

The series, in partnership with the Home & Community Educator volunteers, will teach the basics of quilting and prepare students for quilting projects. The cost is $10 per class ($40 total).

Here is the schedule:

  • Jan. 13, 2018 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) — picking the pattern
  • Feb. 10, 2018 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) — cutting the quilt
  • March 10, 2018 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) — sewing it up
  • April 14, 2018 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) — putting it all together

All classes are held at the Santa Rosa County Extension Office, 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton.

For more information, contact Prudence Caskey or Jasmin Bradford at 623-3868.

4-H is the non-formal educational youth development program of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and the Florida Extension Service.

4-H is the nation's largest youth development program, annually reaching approximately 6.5 million young people, and the only one that is university-based.

The purpose of 4-H is to help youths become productive members of society. The educational programs help youths develop inquiring minds, learn practical skills, strengthen decision-making abilities, develop youth-adult partnerships, improve communications and interpersonal relationships, and ultimately share their skills and experience in leadership roles.

Through hands-on, learn-by-doing activities, youths establish real-life goals and develop life skills.

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