NEWS RELEASE
STITCHES FROM THE HEART QUILT GUILD
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The Stitches from the Heart Quilt Guild helped out Extendicare Mapleview this past Tuesday by sewing catheter bags for residents who need them. The fabric bags cover the catheter and urine drainage bags that are needed by some residents to provide them with more privacy and dignity.
Alison Young, who coordinated this event, had the pleasure of providing Nancy Guzzo of Extendicare Mapleview with 130 bags that were sewn by 13 ladies who attended the special sew day.
“The residents really enjoyed meeting all the ladies and watching as pieces of beautiful fabric were sewn into the catheter bags,” said Guzzo.
“We really appreciate all of the work that the Guild does for our residents. It was nice that we could provide them with a sewing space and some light refreshments.
“I was so surprised that they completed so many bags in the one day," Guzzo added.
"We were able to complete so many bags because many of our members helped out well in advance of the sew day," Young said.
"Lots of our members cut out the fabric and added the button holes ahead of time. That made the sewing much easier on our sew day.”
For more information about the Stitches from the Heart Quilt Guild or quilting in general, feel free to contact Donna St. Jules, Media and Community Relations at (705) 971-5479 or by email at saultquilts@outlook.com.
The Stitches From the Heart Quilt Guild has been providing opportunities for quilters to share, learn and gather with other quilters for more than 30 years and has more than 120 members. We meet the fourth Monday of each month at the Senior’s Centre on Bay and always welcome new members. The doors open at 6 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Check us out at www.saultquilts.com or on Facebook at Stitches from the Heart Quilt Guild (SSM, ON).
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