We are June’s Daughters. . . . .Karyn Case & Cathryn Scott
June Scott: This is our Mom!!! Sadly she passed away in September 2023, but she was content in knowing her two daughters had finally found a common ground and it was one she knew so well. Mom was a seamstress. My earliest memories were of her by a sewing machine sewing clothes for us and making quilts. My sister, Cathryn, and she shared this lifestyle for years, it just took me awhile to catch up and see the light. She was not able to travel with us the year we first went to Paducah together but she was there in spirit with us and a day did not go by afterward that she would not smile and enjoy the fact that I had finally got the bug! We give her credit for the enjoyment we both have in our lifestyles, which are now so similar. Thank you Mom, for the love of quilting!
Karyn Case: I ended up in Kentucky many years ago after a few moves when I was in the Air Force. It fit me well, as I spent years camping and trail riding my horses. My husband and I live on a small “farm” and try to be semi-self sufficient. I retired in 2019 and started canning and dehydrating food from our garden. Turned out my sister, Cathryn, was doing the same. In 2022, my sister and I went to the quilt show in Paducah as she had a quilt being displayed at the show. That was the end of a long history of me being the daughter who “did not quilt.” I bought a nice machine at the show and have not stopped creating since. With a few classes, many hours spent on YouTube, and having my sister as a mentor, I have completed many projects. I enjoy trying new techniques so someday I might find my “niche.” My husband and I renovated a shed we already had into a wonderful small quilt studio. Between quilting, food preservation, 2 horses, 6 dogs, 5 ducks and properties in both Kentucky and Tennessee I stay very busy. I am happily enjoying every minute of retirement with my husband, Bill!
Cathryn Scott:
What our mother gave us was the gift that we can do anything we want; she wanted her daughters to be independent and that wish was granted. Her gifts to me are evident in my cooking, my sewing ability to make and fit clothes, which morphed into quilting. As time passed, we started making quilts together. As her eye sight deteriorated, I began to assume more of the tasks, making sure she could still enjoy her love of sewing. My greatest sadness was when she no longer could see well enough to sew. How did this love of a talented woman benefit me? I started quilting in 2005 and I needed a way to quilt that first quilt, so I bought a Gammill Longarm. After a year of making quilts for my grandsons, I wanted a challenge to keep me interested. I set a goal to someday have a quilt hanging in the Paducah Quilt Show. Why Paducah? It was 2006 and my main reference was this nice magazine from the American Quilt Society that I received each month with amazing quilts that won the Paducah Quilt Show. It took many years, but as I worked at my job and quilted on weekends, I slowly developed my skills as a longarm quilt artist. In 2014 I retired, built a studio, and joined several Quilt Guilds. I started entering my quilts in shows and when I won my first ribbon, I was hooked…the rest is now history.
Jim Scott: Can’t forget we do have a brother! No he does not quilt, but he is truly an interesting character. We love him dearly and he supports his two sisters in whatever adventure we might choose. Stories of Jim might even appear in our blog from time to time. Not a “daughter,” but Mom loved him so very much; he was her 1st born, which makes him older than the two of us, but we do not hold that against him!