This year the Tuesday Quilters of Norske will participated in the 27th annual Rosholt Thresheree for the first time from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at the Rosholt Fair Park, 186 East Forest St., Rosholt.

This year is the 27th Annual Thresheree and Antique Tractor Pull, and the event will also be showing antique sewing machines as well as crafting vendors. The Rosholt Area Threshermen puts on the event, designed to preserve the ways of life involving living off the land. The organization now includes more than 80 people.

The Tuesday Quilters of Norske became involved with the Rosholt Thresheree because Patricia Johnson, one of the founders, has always been involved in the arts and crafts portion of the Thresheree.

At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. the Tuesday Quilters of Norske will perform a bed turning, where they showcase quilts that have been made around 50 years ago. They will show each side of these and explain who made it, when it was made, information on the pattern and anything else known about the quilt.

When Johnson and Diane Trost founded the Tuesday Quilters of Norske, they would meet in one of their houses, but have since outgrown that space and meet in the basement of the Northland Lutheran Church.

“I get to be with my friends, I get to learn stuff. It’s a local group with local people, we’re all friends,” Sandy Kamine, a member since 2012, said.

They have 15 active members and welcome newcomers. They have some members who had not sewn before joining and others who have been quilting for more than 50 years.

“Some did not know how to quilt so we showed them how to cut and put a quilt together – everybody’s got some information, everybody knows something to teach,” Johnson said.

In the past there have been different patterns depending on which region and culture created it. They would use fabric from old clothes that had worn through to make these quilts, repurposing the fabric in new ways since they could not always go to the store and buy more.

The members of this organization are aware of the significance of quilting in the past and the future and hope to see younger generations take up quilting.

“It’s just a lost art that I think is coming back. I have the accomplishment of getting it done,” Johnson said.

The Tuesday Quilters of Norske meet at the Northland Lutheran Church in Iola the third Tuesday of the month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meetings consist of sewing, crafting, a pot luck lunch, show-and-tell and a brief meeting.