- One quilter’s final quilt she made before she died is featured at Intermountain Foundation’s holiday quilt show this weekend. Friends and family say it represents her dedication to helping newborns.
- Funds raised will help purchase an ultrasound machine for Primary Children’s Hospital.
- The show includes only hand-quilted works.
SALT LAKE CITY — Chris Manning spent decades involved with quilt shows, but “Baby Born” — her final project displayed at a quilt show this week — has a special meaning to many who knew her.
She died last year, but shortly before her death, Manning gave 60 baby figures to friends who offered to help finish the quilt she designed.
Husband Brent Manning said their second granddaughter weighed less than 3 pounds when she was born and was in a California intensive care unit for a long time…