Addition made to Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail

The real estate office of Lorraine Harding has joined the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail.  Called “Holiday Splendor”, the original quilt design was made by Mary Lynn Konyu of Washington State.  Her husband used his engineering skills to design the pattern and then it was published in 1996 in “Quilted for Christmas.”  June Kuter of Keowee Key made the original cloth quilt block. “I sewed a lot and quilted when I lived in Syracuse, NY, but I really got into quilting after moving to Salem where I joined a weekly quilt group.  It’s such a social activity.  I picked up quilting tips and ability from the classes and from new friends.  You might say I became obsessed by quilting and I love all quilters.  I pieced and quilted this “Holiday Splendor” in 2010, using the sewing machine with a little bit of hand quilting thrown in.”  The Lorraine Harding Real Estate building, located at 10898 Clemson Boulevard in Seneca, has a story of its own.  Bruce Rochester of Rochester Real Estate originally used the building in the 1960’s to sell lots in Royal Acres located just off of Davis Creek Road.  It later became a bakery and then was home to ‘Mother Mary’s’ Palm Reader.  In 1971, Ebb Field of Rochester Real Estate used it and it was here that Lorraine Harding had her first job interview after moving to Clemson from Hacketstown, NJ.  In the 70’s, it became a beauty shop called ‘Guys and Dolls’ operated by Linda Rogers, one of the first shops to offer the ‘Shag’ hair cut made famous by Farrah Fawcett.  It was standing room only and women came from near and far for that haircut. Mrs. Harding purchased the building in 1976 and leased it to ‘Florida Bill’s’ CB Repair until 1995, when she renovated and opened Lorraine Harding Real Estate.  She has operated from there for the last 18 years.