A group of girls making quilt squares looked up at him from their chairs near the hearth.

"They would have torn it up for rags, or used it for quilt squares."

For her quilt square, she colors a picture of herself as a baby, sitting in a walker, next to a tall man.

In all, 89 people worked on the quilt squares, and 116 people helped put it all together, Ms. Williams said.

The pool, which was approximately the size of a quilt square, would not have provided a workout to an aerobically inclined ant.

"I wonder if I might ask her for her name for my quilt square?"

And the Governor wants you to put his name on the quilt square, too, in the ten-cent section.

Miss Cecily King has got three very distinguished names on her quilt square.

And every child will be asked to help decorate a 10-by-10-inch quilt square with a drawing or environmental message.

A quilt square was started with a traditional Hawaii design and she allowed guests to contribute by quilting on the square.