Happy Snowy Spring

 Spring Newsletter 2023

Hello Blanketeers,     

     It seems like everyone is off somewhere on spring break this month, but…..we are still planning to have a blanket making day on Monday, April 3^rd.  Hope you can make it over to Our Saviours Lutheran Church 10:00 am.

     Not only do we have lots of fleece to work on, but it is a convenient time for some of you to deliver the blankets you have completed. 

              

                      Group Quilting Day 

      Last month Chris Nash (and her sister Jackie Cohen,) hosted a group quilting day at her home in Riverton.  The plan was to teach our volunteers the process of quilt making.  They created quilts and quilt kits from start to finish.  They covered  every step from designing, sewing, batting, ironing, cutting, and finishing. 

            

                 

         

  Quilts for Soldier’s Kids

     We are well on our way to accumulating the number of quilts needed for the summer camps and for children whose fathers/mothers have been deployed to distant assignments. 

 

  Hospitals

    Our Riverton Hospital Children’s program has expanded to include the NICU as well as In-Patient, Out-Patient, and Emergency, at that hospital.  Now we are looking forward to expanding to the NICU at Alta View Hospital.  

 

                Mtn Vista Methodist Church

       MVMC blanket makers have always exclusively donated their blankets to PL  They meet every Wednesday. These church quilters for many years, have exclusively donated their quilts to PL.  

     Now our no-sew blanket makers, who comprise the “Riverton Group” have joined them - once a month. Their next meeting will be the 19^th of April at 1:00pm. Sisters Jackie and Chris are enjoying great success with many new blanketeers joining their blanket days sharing MVMC space to work. 

 

                             World-Wide Quilt Day

    Sandy Senior Center hosted this event on the 18^th of March.  Quilters from all over the county showed up with sewing machines and projects to work on.  Representatives from many organizations that make quilts as gifts to kids and adults attended.  They shared their ideas, their dreams, and their works of art.  And, of course, enjoyed a fun lunch together. 

 

     I had a moment at the mike to mention PL and give people brochures in case they wanted to donate quilts to our cause.  There were representatives from “Sweet Charity Sisters”, “Quilts for Kids”, “Square Corner Quilters”, “Quilts of Valor”, and other charitable organizations that support women, kids, and those in need.  It was inspiring to participate.  Here is a Valor Quilt- I thought you would enjoy seeing,  

 

Happy (Snowy) Spring,

Millie and Karen