After Kathleen Littfin’s twins turned one, the longtime sewer decided it was time to pick up a needle and thread again, when she saw an ad for a quilting class at a local fabric store in Washington, where she lived at the time.

Forty-one years later, Littfin’s award-winning quilts have been exhibited in national shows, the first being the Road to California. That quilt, which resembles a map, hangs in her entryway. She will be the featured quilter at the upcoming annual Flathead Quilters’ Guild show Sept. 19 and 20.

Her interest in quilting began much earlier, influenced by the quilts her grandmother Bessie Kalkbrenner and other women from her church would make as bingo prizes.

“I always thought they were so pretty,” Littfin said, drawn to the different designs and fabrics. “Sometimes I

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