Pastor Jack Heck walked into the Quilter’s Cottage in Kearney, Neb., and said, “Look out ladies! The rooster’s in the henhouse!” With his customary sense of humor, Jack has broken gender barriers that have kept men from participating in the traditionally female world of stitchery.
Although there are stories of men being turned away from quilters’ guild meetings in other places, Jack says in the seven years he has quilted no one...