Although now down to about six regular members, the Heart and Home Quilt Club in Kamsack is pleased that it has been able to donate a total of 51 covers that are 小蓝视频 made into Victoria鈥檚 Quilts for cancer patients.
鈥淭he most we鈥檝e done in a year in the past was 40,鈥� Colleen Koroluk, said on behalf of the club on December 10 in the Westminster Church lower hall where the quilters have been meeting since September.
Koroluk said that in addition to the quilt covers, members created personal sewing projects.
鈥淢y project of a headboard caddy is part of a Material Girls challenge held in Yuma, Arizona, where I will be spending three months again this winter,鈥� she said. 鈥淚n this project we are required to use 鈥榖umfab鈥� which can mean 鈥榖utt ugly material鈥� or 鈥榖eautiful unique material.鈥� I designed the caddy to be sturdy and useful as well as pleasing to look at.鈥�
Marj Orr and Lydia Thomas both created quilts for their own projects. 鈥淢y quilt was created to use up two-and-a-half-inch strips of left-over fabric,鈥� said Thomas, while Orr indicated her quilt would be donated for inclusion in a Christmas hamper.
Once the covers are made by the Club, they are taken to Bobbi Wanner of Madge Lake who adds the batting, backing and then quilts them using a long-arm machine.
After Wanner washes the quilts and sews a label onto each, she boxes them and ships them to Climax from where they are distributed to cancer survivors across Canada.
鈥淏obbi said that the people in Climax love seeing our beautiful, top-quality quilts. They said opening the box from Kamsack was always a surprise and they love to see what we had come up with,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey said they were impressed with the design and quality of the quilts.
鈥淲e now have over 40 patterns to work from, which gives us lots of variety,鈥� she said, adding that the tops are made from 100 per cent cottons or flannelettes which are donated to the group, or by group members themselves.
Any extra non-cotton fabrics are donated to a group of women in Estevan who make pillowcase dresses, 50 at a time, for girls in the Third World.
In addition to sewing the tops for the quilts for Victoria鈥檚 Quilts, members inform others of shows, share techniques, patterns and website locations and tell one another of various sales of materials that they鈥檝e hear of.
Members of the club who have been together since September include: Koroluk, Lynda Cherwenuk, Lydia Thomas, Marj Orr, Kim Lichtenwald of Regina and Bobbi Wanner.
鈥淥ur Club is now very low on the 100 per cent cotton fabric which we utilize to sew the quilt covers for donation to Victoria鈥檚 Quilts,鈥� Koroluk said. 鈥淚f anyone wishes to donate fabric or funds to purchase more fabric to the Club, please contact any one of the members.
鈥淭he Kamsack Heart and Home Quilt Club members would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.鈥�
