Ginger Yost began quilting in the early 1970’s – took a long break – then came back last year. She joined Pieced Together Quilters after Janet Hill mentioned it. They are in Tai-Chi together and somehow the topic of quilting came up and Ginger …”jumped on it!”
Although she was never in Kathy Honeycutt’s class, she was a member of East Bay Heritage Quilters (EBHQ) and took classes there early on. She has made a few quilts, but her favorite is the Disappearing Nine Patch. It is for her new great-grandson, it went fast and it’s beautiful.
She loves to cook, read mysteries and garden. She brought tomatoes from her garden today. Aren’t we lucky!!!
Ginger has three grown children, two boys and a girl, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Only one grandchild is a girl, so she is a special recipient of quilts and clothing. She, fortunately, lives in Sacramento so Grandma gets to spend lots of time with them.
Born and raised in Oakland, Ginger was married to a Navy-man and she moved around for years. Finally she came back home and loves her Bay Area roots.
A little known fact is that Ginger was a house-painter and wall paper contractor. Her daughter was one of the women who helped paint. Our tiny little great grandmother owned a women’s painting company. What a woman! I am so impressed that we have a trail blazer in our club.
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