Sheryl Carpenter (foreground) and Sandy Sheffield stitch sections of the West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Quilt onto a border Thursday at the state Culture Center's green room. The quilt is to be made up of 6-inch squares, 55 of which will represent each county as part of the state's 150th anniversary celebration this year.

Quilters work on stitching together sections of the West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Quilt Thursday at the state Culture Center's green room.

Gazette photo by LAWRENCE PIERCE.......'QUILTERS1'.......8x6.45.......Sesquicentennial quilters at Culture Center.......Sheryl Carpenter (front) and Sandy Sheffield (rear) stitch sections of the quilt together.......1/10/13.......