Cliff Williams / TPI Jacqueline Lacey, 95, chats with Martha Piner as they quilt at the Elmore County Black History Museum. Lacey and Piner are founding members of the Thread My Needle Quilting group that started in 1997 in Lacey’s home.
Cliff Williams / TPI Jacqueline Lacey, 95, chats with Martha Piner as they quilt at the Elmore County Black History Museum. Lacey and Piner are founding members of the Thread My Needle Quilting group that started in 1997 in Lacey’s home.
Jacqueline Lacey and Martha Piner share a love of quilting.
They are part of the founders of Thread My Needle Quilters in Wetumpka. But it might be the camaraderie surrounding the generations old tradition they love better.
Cliff Williams / TPI The Thread My Needle Quilting group gathers around a quilting frame at the Elmore County Black History Museum every Tuesday. The group shares their talents and stories with everyone.
Cliff Williams / TPI A sewing machine is hard to find as the Thread My Needle quilting group meets. All of the work is done by hand with needle, thread and hand-sticking.
Cliff Williams / TPI Martha Piner pushes a threaded needle through three layers in the quilting frame at the Elmore County Black History Museum. Piner is part of a group of about 10 that meet every Tuesday to quilt and chat.
Cliff Williams / TPI The Thread My Needle Quilting group gathers around a quilting frame at the Elmore County Black History Museum every Tuesday. The group shares their talents and stories with everyone.
Cliff Williams / TPI A sewing machine is hard to find as the Thread My Needle quilting group meets. All of the work is done by hand with needle, thread and hand-sticking.
Cliff Williams / TPI Martha Piner pushes a threaded needle through three layers in the quilting frame at the Elmore County Black History Museum. Piner is part of a group of about 10 that meet every Tuesday to quilt and chat.
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN ELMORE...LEE...CENTRAL
MACON...CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS...SOUTHEASTERN COOSA AND
NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...
At 1028 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near West Point to near Oak Bowery to near
Eclectic. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Opelika, Tuskegee, Valley, Lanett, Tallassee, Dadeville, Camp
Hill, Notasulga, Equality, Smiths, Stroud, Milstead, Lafayette,
Smiths Station, La Fayette, Eclectic, Franklin, Waverly, and
Lakeview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
