HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-11-16, Page 5Wednesday, November 16, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 5
Weavers, spinners, quitters ban together for care quilts
Darryl Coote
Editor
Local weavers, spinners
and quilters buried the nee-
dle Saturday, Nov. 5, and
knitted together a partner-
ship to help those most vul-
nerable in society.
For a second -year run-
ning, the Huron Tract
Spinners and Weavers
Guild shared the Huron
County Museum, the
venue for its yearly show
and sale, with the Goder-
ich Quilters' Guild, whose
show and sale goes
towards its care quilt
program.
Betty Thomason, program
manager for the quilting
guild, told The Signal Star
that it has participated in
making care quilts since the
guild's inception 24 years
ago.
"We've always done care
quilts for the community,"
she said from the lobby of
the museum.
A care quilt, she explained,
is a quilt that they make for
those who need a token from
the larger society that they
aren't forgot and they are
loved. The quilts, once com-
pleted, are given to organiza-
tions such as the Huron
Women's Shelter, Room to
Grow and the local palliative
care unit, she said.
"We are selling our quilts
to support our care quilt pro-
gram, which provides cuddle
quilts to different commu-
nity.... So, the sale of these
quilts goes towards more
fabric so we can make more
quilts," she said.
"[The] quilts provide a
sense of caring to the person
they are given to because
they know the work has been
put into the quilt and it's a
way to keep warm and feel
loved by community mem-
bers," she said.
She was unsure of how
many quilts were on sale but
for sure over 50, she said.
Quilts can take anywhere
from 24 to 400 -plus hours
to complete with one quilt
on displace called "Postage
Stamp" by Judy McMillan
having taken a full year
from cutting square to final
stitch.
At $2,100, it isn't exactly
inexpensive, but in Thoma -
son's opinion it is
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Of all the quilts at the Goderich Quilters' Guild's annual show
and sale, "Postage Stamp" by Judy McMillan was the one
that took the longest to complete at around a year. Betty
Thomason, program manager with the guild said at $2,100 it was
underpriced.
Kevin Soehner puts thread to fabric as he
works on sewing a quilt.
underpriced for the beauty,
intricacy and work that went
into its creation.
One person passing by
hearing the interview
remarked that if she spent a
year on a quilt, she wouldn't
think of it as work but "as
full-time fun."
The two show and sales
covered the two floors of the
museum with the quilters on
the main floor and most of
the spinners and weavers on
the second.
Upstairs Corrine Kaufman
was giving a lesson to any-
one who passed about
weaving at her weaving
loom, which she uses to
make coloured silk scarves.
The event ran from noon
to 4 p.m. and though there is
no official number on how
much money was gained
with some proceeds going
towards the care quilt pro-
gram or on how many peo-
ple attended, Thomason said
she was pleased with the
turnout.
"It's been good. We've had
a lot of people through.
We're very happy with how
many people have come
through," she said.
Angel Ellens spins Shetland fleece into
yarn.
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