September 5, 2022
Hello Blanketeers,
If you want to attend a fun social with other women – come to blanket making days. You don’t have to bring any fabric or equipment.
Looking forward to blanket making days in September. We are scheduled to meet together at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Monday September 12th from 10:00 to 1:00 pm.
Also, Jackie Cohen has scheduled her Riverton Group to meet at Mtn Vista Methodist Church on September 21st from 1:00 to 3:00. Everyone is invited.
There are lots of ways to become involved in our non-profit to provide security blankets for children in crisis. If you prefer not to make blankets but want to help – consider:
Labeling on your sewing machine
Assisting with packaging
Cutting fabric to prepare for blanket makers
Punching holes around fleece fabric for crochet work
Delivering to some sites
Hemstitching flannel for crochet
Long arm quilting services
Donating child-friendly fabric – fleece, flannel, cotton
Fund raising – is always welcome.
Quilting – then and now
Modern day hand-made quilt design has become an art form in the era of reliance on technology. Yes, you can buy a quilt from Walmart – but you won’t have the hands of your grandmother or mother or aunt putting love and art into your quilt- designed specifically for you.
In the days of settlement of the Western U S, quilts were made from anything women could get their hands on. Potato sacks, flower sacks, worn out clothing, old curtains, -you name it.
Of course, those quilts were used to keep warm, but they also served as room dividers, window covers, wagon cushions, and doors. Quilts were done in groups – quilting bees, or alone, like this one.
This is a picture of a quilt made in 1913 by Mollie Hale of Sumpter Valley Oregon. The machine she sewed with was a modern piece of equipment in those days.
We give our thanks to the several quilters and quilting groups who deliver beautiful quilts to our chapter of PL every month. (Mount Vista Church Quilters, Square Corner Quilters, and Sweet Charity Sisters) We also want to thank all the individual people every month who donate their hand-made quilts to PL for us to give to children.
Blessings, Millie
