All of you readers already know this, but I am still fairly new to the quilting community and continue to love and admire how welcoming quilters are with one another and especially with newcomers and novices.
Saturday, March 16 was National Quilting Day.
Fifteen volunteers gathered from all over MetroWest - from Milton to Holliston to Bellingham to participate in The Power of the Quilt Project and its all-day winter quilt-a-thon event, hosted by the UUAC, First Parish in Sherborn.
In all, 20 completed comfort quilts were brought in by several volunteers who enjoy creating these colorful lap robes in the months between quilt-a-thon events. That gave those volunteers who were hand-sewing quite a busy day!
Two quilt tops were sandwiched and hand-tied. One quilt top was sandwiched with batting and a lovely, pink breast cancer awareness motif cotton flannel to be taken to a professional Longarm for top-stitching.
Other volunteers selected, measured and cut coordinated fabrics to make take home quilt-top kits, machine stitch quilt tops onsite and coordinate a delicious lunch.
Here are a few images from the day, including a great group shot.
Holliston residents all: Vicky Charnock, Cathie Healy and newcomer Martha Bate who created the beauty Cathie is holding and donating it to
The Power of the Quilt Project.
All smiles: Kace Wilson traveled from Milton to Sherborn (again) to join us. She's dedicating this year to creating "improv" designs and loves playing with fabrics.
Project Coordinator Diane McNamara, Dorothy Ripaldi of Bellingham and Carol Coakley of Dover enjoy the art of hand-tying these comfort quilts.
Taking a quick break before a delicious lunch, organized by Karen Conca of Holliston (at far right). Thanks, Karen!!
Five beauties gracing the Sanctuary.
All quilts will be blessed before being disseminated to area medical facility infusion units.
If you are interested in participating in a future quilt-a-thon event or our summer kit-making party, contact Diane McNamara, project coordinator, at dimcnamara@verizon.net.
Keep your eyes posted for upcoming dates!!!
Happy Sewing.
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