Comfort Quilts

  

Hello Ladies, welcome back, hoping you had a wonderful summer.  Comfort Quilts would like to thank Laurie Allan for the fun project she programmed last year,  Nesting Robin, and thank you to the participants,  Diane Hrynczuk; Janice Haluszka; Margaret Gibbs; Wendy Dalrymple; Janice Leverton; Diane Childerley; Kathy Conway and Laurie Allan for their beautiful quilts and their generous donation to the Comfort Quilt Program.

The Comfort Quilt Team will have a “small trunk show” to display the kits we have this year, hopefully one of these kits will capture your interest to continue making these lovely quilts.   Karen is looking forward to seeing you at the Comfort Quilt table.  We also want to thank Janice Leverton; Wendy Dalrymple; Martha Forbes; Dianne Busser and Gisela Ball, for their “generous offer” to work on kits over the summer.  Also, thank-you to Susan Lusted for piecing a Christmas Panel quilt top, which will show us an interesting way to work with panels.  Ladies thank-you so much for your participation in our Outreach Program.

Over the summer Janet Shannon has continued to deliver your beautiful quilts.  Interval House; 

Child Abuse Unit, Hamilton Police Department; Wellwood; Essential Services, just to name a few of the organizations that Ancaster Quilters Guild continues to assist.

I’m very pleased to announce that Ancaster Quilters Guild was the recipient of financial donations from Ironworkers Local 736 and UA Steelworkers Local 1005.  With these funds we will be able to purchase additional batting and/or fabric if needed.  I sent “thank-you” cards to the members of Ironworkers Local 736 and UA Steelworkers Local 1005, thanking their membership for their generosity to our Outreach program.

You’re Comfort Quilt Team

Cathy Pinelli; Corinne Ethier; Janet Shannon; Karen Rienau; Colleen Dawson; Diane Childerley; Mary Crowe



Library Report  

The library committee would like to remind you to be sure to return your books on our meeting night.

“Please return your summer reading or any other books you may find, to the library at this meeting.”

More information regarding the library will be provided at our meeting this month.

Elizabeth Rosser, Mary Louise Duncan,



Long Term Care Facilities Needs

A message from Janet Shannon who is on our Comfort Quilts committee.

She has indicated that there are long term care facilities that are in need of Fidget Quilts.

Using Fidget Blankets for Alzheimer’s or Dementia. One of the ways that individuals with Alzheimer’s or dementia show anxiety or agitation is in their hands. They will begin to fidget, restlessly pulling at clothes or blankets, wringing their hands, or rubbing their hands together. Fidget blankets are one way to help restore calm.

https://www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-palliative-care-blog/2019/january/31/using-fidget-blankets-for-alzheimer-s-or-dementia/