“We sewed clothes for our dolls and eventually learned to make our own clothes.” “For us it was just part of growing up and we loved it, it wasn’t a chore” Whittenburg said. Whittenburg learned the art of quilting from her mother, Ruth Bruce, who taught her and two sister’s how to sew as children. They continued to work on the building, for the next two years, replacing the chimney and fireplace and Whittenburg bought her partner out. “I decided that summer I was having so much fun working in the shop that I didn’t want to go back to teaching, so I didn’t,” Whittenburg said. During the week they continued to work on the building and would clean it up enough to open on weekends. Initially, Whittenburg had a partner who was also teaching full-time. “We opened in the first week of December and our goal was to just making it habitable… it was, but just barely,” she said. Whittenburg decided she would begin a transition that would allow her to dedicate the next phase of her life to quilting and teaching the craft to others.įor the next six months the Whittenburgs spent every night and every weekend working to get the building ready for a December opening to coincide with the Burlington Hometown Christmas Week. “There was a lot of paperwork details just to be able to teach for a few hours.” “I enjoyed the actual teaching but I really began to dislike all of the other stuff that went with it,” Whittenburg said. While she loved her work, Whittenburg had become disillusioned about the direction of public education, so the timing was right for a career change. Linda Whittenburg spent 12 years teaching art at Simon Kenton High School and another three at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati. The couple then had to decide it they wanted to commit the time, effort and money to restore the building. We pulled the drywall off and found that it was log.” “We were planning to tear it down and use it for additional parking or whatever he needed. “I was ready to make a change and this property became available,” Whittenburg said.
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