Three bags of quilts!

Thank you again Judy! I've got the three bags of quilts which will be sent off to Mississippi shortly.

Thank you Temple Beth Shalom

A big thank you to the charity team at Temple Beth Shalom for sewing 28 quilts this year! They get together annually for a day of charity (Tikkun Olam) and this is the third year in a row they've sewn quilts for Wrap Them in Roses. Thank you Judy Weinberg for organizing this event! This year we've got a lot of pictures from them, which are posted here. It's wonderful to see the faces of all the kind people who showed up and put in their time for this event. Thank you, thank you!!

Judy Weinberg comes through again!

It is the third year in a row that Judy Weinberg has volunteered her group at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham to sew isolette quilts for Wrap Them in Roses. We are so grateful for their continued help, they are a kind and supportive group. Judy, I believe your Tikkun Olam charity event day is coming up in early April and I hope everything goes well. Their goal is to sew 30 quilts! Thank you so much!

Elke

My little helper!

My little helper!

Material Girls Follow Up

I also just realized that I never articulated the results of the Material Girls efforts last year. As a reminder, Mary Jane Handy from the Material Girls quilting group heard about the initiative to provide 250 quilts to the Blair Batson Children's Hospital in Mississippi. Again, she reached out to the generous sewers within her guild and I don't think there was a quilter in that group that didn't get involved in making a quilt. When they had completed the 250+ quilts (I believe the final tally was closer to 300, correct me if I'm wrong Mary Jane), they invited Keira and I up to their end of season banquet where we had a special celebration to showcase the pyramid of boxes of quilts that the group had put together. It was unbelievable and we were so awestruck by the effort. Sewing the quilts was one thing, and then getting those boxes down to Mississippi was another, and effort involving a lot of emails using words like pallet, shrink wrap, drop ship, etc. Needless to say, the quilts arrived and are being given out to the families and premature babies in the hospital. Tenderly and lovingly! Thank you so much Mary Jane and the Material Girls Quilters.

Marcella Pirner-Cormier - Thank you!!!

The quilting continues, I'm always amazed by the tireless efforts of our volunteers both in Massachusetts and Mississippi and many other places as well. I'd like to thank Marcella Pirner-Cormier, one of the Material Girls Quilting queens up in Leominster (MA) for donating fabric and making 47 additional quilts. Marcella has already contributed in the past in many way, making quilts on her own, contributing to the larger material girls efforts and now this :) Thank you so much Marcella for leading this initiative, you are incredibly industrious and kind. (And, your labels are on their way.)

Wyndale Quilters in Mississippi

Here are some great pictures of the Wyndale Quilters in Mississippi holding up some of the quilts they made. Thank you for donating the fabric as well. I just received a request for 50 more labels from Rita who is spearheading this initiative. I can't even count the number of quilts they have made. Several hundred at this point. Thanks to Carolyn Spears for the beautiful baby quilts she donated to Zoe Rose Foundation and also to the ladies who finished the last 30 blankets. Names of those pictured: Front center-Rita Norton Front row left to right-Beth Hooks, Ina Slade, Patsy Fisher, Cynthia Bates, Kathleen Greer, Keira Sorrels 2nd row-Judy Fain, Linda Gabbert, Carolyn Spears, Gwen Harris, Anita Allday, Mary Boyd, Christy Calhoun Not pictured but in the kitchen preparing our lunch: Juanita Allday, Peggy Kirk, and Pat Wixon

Thank you Material Girls and Wyndale Quilters - two powerhouses!

I just want to reiterate how amazing our quilters are! Today, I want to again sing the praises of The Material Girls Guild in Leominster, MA who through the coordination and tireless efforts of the lovely Mary Jane Handy have already completed 80 quilts and are on their way to 250 by June. We have been invited to their Guild's banquet to celebrate the completion of this initiative. This is so exciting. You guys are truly incredible; the fact that you are so willing to help out and that you've doubled the number of quilts that you produced last year and then some! We can't thank you enough. Speaking of tireless efforts, Rita Norton from the Wyndale Quilters in Terry, MS in on ROUND THREE of making quilts. First, it was 20, then it was 40, and this last request is for 60 kits. Thank you, thank you, thank you Rita and your group for dedicating so much time to this initiative. Not only are you all so generous, but you are FAST sewers. We are so grateful for your help and we really enjoy working with you. I'll be at JoAnn Fabrics later this week with my coupons and the weekly flyer to get the fabric for your kits. SO EXCITING! Again, thank you everyone.

Delivery of 106 quilts!

The ladies representing Wyndale Quilters in Terry, MS delivering 106 isolette quilts from their group along with quilts made by a group in Brandon and Raymond, MS.

Shown with NICU nurses, NICU director, unit director, social worker and nurse manager.

Thank you to Rita Norton and the Wynndale Quilters!

Exciting news from the Wynndale quilting group in Terry, MS. Yesterday, they got together a Wynndale Baptist Church and put together 20 quilts.  Lightning fast! We are so grateful for the kindness of this group to rally to help us meet our initative to make 250 quilts by the Spring. Not only did they complete 20 quilts but they have requested two more boxes of 20 in each.  Many will be working on these at home as well as working in groups at the quilting meeting. Below are some pictures of these kind ladies working away. Thank you Wynndale Quilters!

Thank you quilters!

Many thanks to these lovely ladies who spent their Saturday morning preparing quilt kits.

Keira also just heard from the Blair Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson, MS. They are interested in us supplying their unit with quilts for all babies weighing under 1500 grams or 3 pounds.  Keira is discussing a lot of support options with them and we have a goal to deliver 250 quilts over the next several months. So, we need your help to help achieve this goal of delivering the 250 quilts. I will be reaching out to various quilting groups to see if you can participate. If you are reading this and are interested, please get in touch and I will rally quickly to deliver to you as many kits as you can take. We are really eager to provide this NICU with the quilts for these tiny babies. Thanks again volunteers, let's make this happen!

Thank you to Mary Jane Handy and her daughter Concetta who are back in action making quilts. I just found out that they have 18 complete and 18 more coming in February! Thanks to these amazing quilt makers who have volunteered their time to put together such a large batch. Each quilt is treasured by the families who receive them - a small gift they are given while going through a challenging time. 

15 quilts on the way

15 quilt kits are on their way to Christi Papa today. Thank you so much for organizing a group to put together these quilts, we appreciate your support so much. They should arrive in the next few days!

Allie, Caitlin and Brylee

We just got a great letter from Marie Crook, who had triplet girls this past July. After a long stay in the NICU, the three girls are home with their family.

"I would love to say thank you for these amazing quilts and I use them everyday. They are absolutly beautiful and will be given to them for when they become older. Thank you for being so thoughtful. Love the Crook Family"

Look at these adorable girls.

Also, thank you to Kellie Toothman who is back in touch with Wrap Them in Roses after sewing quilts for Keira in the past. Thank you for re-engaging with us - your 10 kits should arrive today!

I put together 15 kits in the process and mailed off 10, meaning I've got 5 ready for someone's TLC. Whose ready?

The Material Girls are back!

I just got word from Mary Jane Handy from the Material Girls Guild up in Leominster that they would like to make more quilts this season. They made SOOOO many last year and we are thrilled that they've chosen us again for their charity sewing initiative. We are so grateful. I've sent 50 labels your way Mary Jane. Thank you!

Another amazing set of quilts from Hillie!

Thank you so much for donating fabric and time Hillie. You are an amazing contributor to this initiative :)

Wrap Them in Roses Sewing Event - Thank you Kate Wellen!

Kate Wellen, one of our active quilt volunteers, organized an event for this past Monday in Marlborough, MA. She took 30 kits with her and we are excited to see how this event turned out. Thank you so much Kate for thinking of Wrap Them in Roses for your sewing guild, we hope everything went well on Monday. :)