The design, "Midnight Garden," is the cover quilt on the book "Divide & Conquer!" by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan, published by Possibilities. We renamed our quilt to coincide with our 2002 quilt show theme, "A Southern Garden of Quilts." Donations received for this quilt will fund our guild's charity and educational projects; a lucky name will be drawn on Oct. 27, 2002.

The task of making the quilt was divided among willing guild members. Three ladies each machine-stitched a flower and vine panel. Other guild members constructed the pieced blocks. Our quilt is hand-quilted and took over 280 hours to complete.