Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Q.U.I.LT Guild At Le Bonheur




This year the guild took 91 cuddle quilts to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, in Memphis, Tennessee. It was a very nice trip, although this year we was not able to present any of the quilts directly to the children because of the new precautionary rules, but it still turned out to be a very nice trip. We got a very nice and informational tour of the center and was able to ask many questions. This was my first time going but I could see that this center has really grown.
We learned that the center started in 1950 and that it was started by a sewing (or quilting group) of ladies that would make clothes for needy children and they would also make sure that the children were seen by doctors and they would transport them to doctors appointments. I thought that was amazing thinking how big an operation it is now. They even have a motel where the families can stay that have children in hospital they do all that they can to keep families together. I will tell you this, it is really a beautiful place, with lots of artwork and playrooms for the children. I was able to take some photos and you can see what I mean when I say, "the artwork on the walls was beautiful"
Next year I hope that we can take more of our members. They really made us feel welcome and the gratitude that they showed for the quilts was overwhelming. I came away excited about another year of quilting.

I hope you can read this, it is a short story of how the Le Bonhuer came to be. If you click on the photo you will get a larger view.







I am looking forward to this next year being a member of the guild. We have a lot of exciting projects going on. Don't forget to subscribe to this blog because you are not going to want to miss out on any of our exciting meetings and projects.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

About The Guild and This Blog



"Quilters United In Lasting Tradition" (Q.U.I.L.T) Guild, is a group of folks that love the art of quilting. We have all levels of quilters from beginners to advanced and we all love to quilt. Well some of us just love sewing and fabric. We get together on the 1st Thursday of each month, at 10 in the morning and we have discussions, show and tell,guest quilters,workshops each month it is a different program. Since joining the Quilt Guild, I have fallen in love with quilting and quilts. There is so much work involved but it is so satisfying when you finish a quilt.

We also make quilts that we donate to charity. We make "cuddle" quilts,which are small quilts, for children that are sick or have gone through a traumatic experience.

Stay tuned to this blog for more information about our guild. There will be photos of the quilts, exciting happenings from each of our meetings. I am sure that other quilters will find this an exciting group. Especially other quilters.
Here is a teaser of some of the quilts you will see. Some of the women in our group had a Round Robin (check out this website to get a brief definition of a round robin) and I will talk more about them in later posts. But I would like to share some of the quilts from the last Round Robin.







Enjoy our quilts and enjoy our blog.