Last Saturday was our Annual Quilting Bee. Our church has hosted this event for the last 14 years. It is an incredible, huge undertaking. It includes 2 1/2 hours of quilting, a luncheon, and a presentation of quilts.
Over 20 different quilting groups and congregations of all different faiths come together to quilt and strengthen the community. Although this is a one-day event, all of the groups have been working on quilts to donate throughout the year.
The gym is set up with over 20 quilting frames. When a quilt is done, it is checked in, counted, and tagged.
Then all of the quilts are laid out over the backs of all the pews in the chapel. Over 200 quilts were donated this year. All of the quilts go to families who are working with the
NAM organization to try and get back on their feet. Each member of the family gets to choose their own quilt. For some of the children in these families, it is the first thing they ever get that is their very own.
At the end of the day, all of the quilts are presented to
NAM. The presentation usually includes a family who receives their quilts that day and get to be the first to choose. It's fun to see which ones they'll pick. It feels good to make a difference in a family's life.
Over 20 different quilting groups and congregations of all different faiths come together to quilt and strengthen the community. Although this is a one-day event, all of the groups have been working on quilts to donate throughout the year. 
The gym is set up with over 20 quilting frames. When a quilt is done, it is checked in, counted, and tagged.
Then all of the quilts are laid out over the backs of all the pews in the chapel. Over 200 quilts were donated this year. All of the quilts go to families who are working with the NAM organization to try and get back on their feet. Each member of the family gets to choose their own quilt. For some of the children in these families, it is the first thing they ever get that is their very own.
At the end of the day, all of the quilts are presented to NAM. The presentation usually includes a family who receives their quilts that day and get to be the first to choose. It's fun to see which ones they'll pick. It feels good to make a difference in a family's life. 
4 comments:
It looks like it was awesome!!! Sorry I missed going with you. Also sorry you are sick - you should be in bed.
What an amazing thing and I love that many religions were involved. Thanks for sharing!
OK, so now instead of just coming to visit I think I may need to move there. Why is it that YOUR church is so pulled together and can do something as cool/awesome as this and MINE can hardly pull off a waffle breakfast? I clearly have some work to do!
Liz, the quilts look beautiful! Sorry I missed Saturday :( Hope you are feeling better :) Missed you!
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