Retired officer reaps what he sews.Having spent most of his life in the harsh world of law enforcement, J. D. Taylor, now 64, took a turn for the softer side and began quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers after retirement. After serving in the army in Germany and at the Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering , Taylor returned to Mississippi and worked in the Jackson Police Department for 23 years, then in the District Attorney's offices of Hinds Hinds may refer to: People with the surname Hinds:
In 1994, Taylor decided he needed a hobby. While watching his younger sister quilt, he figured he could do the same. He taught himself to sew sew v. sewed, sewn or sewed, sew·ing, sews v.tr. 1. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine: , and the patriotic quilt pictured here was his first project. Working out of his garage, I Taylor laughingly admits it takes quite a while to complete a quilt. A much slower way of life than his previous occupations offered, one quilt takes about a year to finish. |
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