Feature

Family history kept in stitches

by Valorie Lennox
The Review

TheReview Wednesday, December 2, 1992 — A20

Stitch by stitch, Bill and Marg
Haun’s family history is recorded
in a special quilt created by their
eight children.

Daughter Glenda Chapell coor-
dinated the 18-month project from
her home in Ontario, completing
the quilt in time for it to be
presented at Bill and Marg’s 50th
wedding anniversary celebration
in September.

Now proudly displayed in their
North Saanich home, the quiltisa
detailed reminder of family mem-
bers and family moments. ‘

A large central panel displays a fF
heart-decked silhouette of the cou-
ple, a cut-out of St. Mary’s Cathe-
dral where the couple were mar-
ried on Sept. 19, 1942, and a large
50’ marking their golden anniver-
sary.

Each of the top eight pancls was
done by one of the Haun’s adult
children, who filled the panel with
reminders of their interests and
acuvities while living in the fam-
ily home.

Whimsical Amish figures of
girls mark each of the squares for
daughters Patty, Glenda, Shirley,
Maureen, Susan and Pauline while
rustic boys in overalls mark the
squares for sons Bill and Tom.

On the back of the quilt are
short autobiographies written by
each of the Haun’s children.

The border of the quilt is filled
with doll-like cutouts representing
the spouses, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren of the family.

FAMILY MEMORIES are preserved in this specially crafted
quilt, created by their children for Bill and Marg Haun’s 50th

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Matching fabric, used in cloth-
ing, hair mbbons and bow ties links
the family groups, making the
quilt a genealogical record of four
generations.

Names are embroidered in
cross-stitch, either on the squares
or on the figures.

The bottom eight squares illu-
strate the homes of the family. One
square contains cut-outs of B.C.,
Alberta and Ontario, where the
family has lived.

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wedding anniversary.

The remaining seven squares
illustrate the family’s homes, start-
ing with the small war-time house
the couple first occupied in Cal-
gary.

Next are two cottages which the
family used on vacations, one at
Sylvan Lake and one at Bragg
Creek in Alberta.

The family bungalow in Calgary
is lovingly depicted, complete
with a front panel which flips
down to reveal the back of the
house and the skating rink which
Bill Haun created for his family
every winter.

Next are the family’s two homes
in Toronto — one of which also a
flip front panel which opens to
reveal Marg Haun’s rose garden.

The final square illustrates their
present waterfront home in North
Saanich.

With the quilt came a booklet
with each of the children’s autobi-
ographies and descriptions of the
family homes.

All of the children were present
when the quilt was presented.

“We were taken back, I tell
you,” Marg remarked. The com-
pleted quilt hangs on a wall and is
usually protected with plastic.

She is especially careful of the
quilt because some of the squares,
made by family members who

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Bill said the quilt was carefully
protected while it was being
assembled. “Nobody could touch
the quilt if they didn’t wash their
hands first,” Bill remarked.

When bringing the quilt to the
west coast from Ontario, Glenda
Chapell brought it on board the
aircraft in a hanging bag.

Another special gift, presented
at the anniversary, was a hand-
carved wooden plaque showing
the entire family seated at a table.

The plaque was a gift from

Marg’s brothers, Bishop
Paul O°’Byrn, Father
Patrick O’Byrn and
Daniel O’Bym.

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