Despite the chilly weather and icy roads, eight volunteers gathered together on Monday, January 21st, for The Power of the Quilt Project's annual MLK Day community service quilt-a-thon.
Volunteers brought in 11 completed comfort quilts from "take-home" kits and Cindy Levine and Helen Sicotte of Natick, Mass. hand-sewed labels on to ready the quilts for distribution to a Boston-based medical center's infusion unit.
Newcomer Cindy Levine and Helen Sicotte
Karen Conca of Holliston, learned how to hand-tie several "sandwiched" quilts and assembled the great luncheon - a delicious minestrone soup made by PQP Coordinator Diane McNamara along with corn bread, cheese and crackers, etc.
It sure was nice having something homemade and HOT for lunch on a day that only reached about five degrees.
Karen Conca
Cris Crawford and Dorothy Nail of Sherborn and Ashland, respectively, machine-stitched quilt tops during the event. Cris has come to be known as the problem-solver in our group. If there's a quilt that needs some specific attention, she's happy to take it on and work out any kinks until it's perfect. She also loves designing intricate creations and has a flair for putting together great colorways.
Cris designs a quilt for a youngster, using animal-themed fabrics.
Somehow, Dorothy manages to sew two quilt tops each time she joins us. Something that might take me one or two sessions to finish!
Susan Webber of Hopkinton joined in for a few hours and was kind enough to take three quilts home so that she can affix labels on another day. She will meet Diane at some point and drop off the quilts for distribution.
Susan Webber is also part of the Yarn Spinners
here at the UUAC. Check out the beautiful handmade scarf!
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR A VERY
PRODUCTIVE DAY!!
Helen joined The Power of the Quilt Project
when it first started back in 2003. A close friend, a quilter,
lost her life to breast cancer.
Helen donated her friend's unused fabrics and has been
creating comfort quilts ever since.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR SPRING QUILT-A-THON:
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019.
To RSVP, contact Diane McNamara by email:
dimcnamara@verizon.net
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