Comfort Quilts
PECQG members make quilts for donation from our "stash" or from our Block of the Month program. The Comfort Quilt Committee donates the quilts as the need arises within Prince Edward County.
Comfort Quilt work days are the last Thursday of each month at Bloomfield United Church, 272 Bloomfield Main Street. Enter the building from the parking lot to the side of the church.
Please wear a mask unless eating or drinking (bring your own snacks and beverages).
The church will allow a maximum of 14 participants so please confirm with Hanne if you are able to attend. As well, double-vaccination is required to participate. The standard protocols for COVID are in place at the church and there is a form you will need to fill out.
The church will allow a maximum of 14 participants so please confirm with Hanne if you are able to attend. As well, double-vaccination is required to participate. The standard protocols for COVID are in place at the church and there is a form you will need to fill out.
Please bring your own sewing machine, thread, scissors. If you are looking for a project to work on for Comfort Quilts or need fabric or batting to start/finish a comfort quilt, we have those items available at the church. Or you can bring your own.
There is an iron, ironing board, self-healing cutting board and rulers available.
The restrictions allow up to 20 participants, so please advise Hanne if you plan on attending. As well, you will need to be double vaccinated to attend and there will be a sign in sheet. It is hard to tell these days with Omicron what is a simple cold or what may be COVID so if you feel at all out of the ordinary, please stay home and take care of yourself.
There is an iron, ironing board, self-healing cutting board and rulers available.
The restrictions allow up to 20 participants, so please advise Hanne if you plan on attending. As well, you will need to be double vaccinated to attend and there will be a sign in sheet. It is hard to tell these days with Omicron what is a simple cold or what may be COVID so if you feel at all out of the ordinary, please stay home and take care of yourself.
If you would like to work on a Comfort Quilt, contact Hanne.
Honour Guard Quilt for HJ McFarland Home - 2023
H.J. McFarland Home Honour Guard has requested a quilt from the Guild. We will be looking for volunteers to help make this quilt. If you are interest in helping please let Hanne-Lise Simoes know. In explanation:
“Our Honour Guard is where residents and staff are able to say goodbye. We stand in two lines on either side of the Resident that has passed away and pay our respects to the family and Resident as they leave the Home for the last time. This quilt would be re-used; the Honour Guard is something that we do for every one of our Residents that has passed away.”
The pattern chosen for this quilt is a Celtic Knot. It is a symbolic pattern of a looped knot that has no start or finish. The looped pattern goes on infinitely, which is thought to symbolize the eternity of life. You can date the use of Celtic knots all the way back as far as the 8th century, used in artwork and decoration. A picture of a Celtic Knot was shown on the screen as an example
“Our Honour Guard is where residents and staff are able to say goodbye. We stand in two lines on either side of the Resident that has passed away and pay our respects to the family and Resident as they leave the Home for the last time. This quilt would be re-used; the Honour Guard is something that we do for every one of our Residents that has passed away.”
The pattern chosen for this quilt is a Celtic Knot. It is a symbolic pattern of a looped knot that has no start or finish. The looped pattern goes on infinitely, which is thought to symbolize the eternity of life. You can date the use of Celtic knots all the way back as far as the 8th century, used in artwork and decoration. A picture of a Celtic Knot was shown on the screen as an example
Placemats for Meals on Wheels - November 2022
Once again, we have the opportunity to partner with The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors at Christmas by making placemats for the seniors who are part of their Meals on Wheels programme. We need approximately 80 placemats to ensure each senior who is part of the Meals on Wheels receives one.
If you would like to sew placemats for the seniors, please keep the following in mind when creating them:
The placemats should be 13” tall by 18” wide made of cotton fabric. Please do NOT use a Christmas theme as these placemats are used year-round. Placemats should be backed with cotton and the batting should be light weight, low loft so that glasses or cups won’t tip when placed on it.
We are hoping to give the placemats to Community Care for Seniors by the end of November. Completed placemats can be dropped off at the home of Colleen Young at 26 Ontario Street in Picton. Colleen has an enclosed porch at the FRONT of her home and inside that porch you will find a bin where you can drop off your completed placemats.
On behalf of the Comfort Quilt Committee, thank you for helping to care for our seniors in this way and bring them some Christmas joy.
If you would like to sew placemats for the seniors, please keep the following in mind when creating them:
The placemats should be 13” tall by 18” wide made of cotton fabric. Please do NOT use a Christmas theme as these placemats are used year-round. Placemats should be backed with cotton and the batting should be light weight, low loft so that glasses or cups won’t tip when placed on it.
We are hoping to give the placemats to Community Care for Seniors by the end of November. Completed placemats can be dropped off at the home of Colleen Young at 26 Ontario Street in Picton. Colleen has an enclosed porch at the FRONT of her home and inside that porch you will find a bin where you can drop off your completed placemats.
On behalf of the Comfort Quilt Committee, thank you for helping to care for our seniors in this way and bring them some Christmas joy.
Placemats for the Meals on Wheels - December 2021
Hanne and Brogan dropped off placemats to Colin at Community Care for Seniors. The placemats will be gift wrapped and delivered by Meals on Wheels volunteers.
A Gift to a Local Fire Victim
The Comfort Quilt Committee presented Dorothy Fraleigh with a quilt for her bed. Dorothy lost everything in a house fire. She met us at our Comfort Quilt Workshop at Bloomfield United Church. She was so grateful and delighted with the quilt.
A Thank You from Alternatives for Women
Lorna MacDonald writes:
I have been meaning to send on the thanks of the clients for a couple of weeks. Things have gotten busy now that we are open again full-time.
The mothers all really loved the quilts and the masks. They requested that I pass their thanks on to you and the quilters for both the quilts and the masks. Thanks for thinking of them.
The mothers all really loved the quilts and the masks. They requested that I pass their thanks on to you and the quilters for both the quilts and the masks. Thanks for thinking of them.
Lorna from Alternatives for Women accepts children's quilts from Janet and Betty.
Betty and Colleen from the comfort quilt committee delivering 2 double and 4 twin quilts to Leah Morgan of Alternatives for Women.
Alternatives for Women says:
Thank you so much to the PEC Quilters' Guild for their generous donation! These beautiful quilts have definitely brightened up our new Second Stage Transitional units at Vi's House. We appreciate them so much!
