Security Blanket Providers

A small group of quilters met in Brandon to sew quilts for kids. These quilts are donated to Women's Shelters all over Southern and Central Manitoba. Any children arriving at a shelter are allowed to choose a quilt for themselves. Shelter workers say that the children find these quilts very comforting.  Here is a quote from a shelter worker....

Sometimes when the children come to the shelter they act out.  They have learned that there are only two choices in life – be the abuser or the abused.  So the children test everyone in the shelter to see at what point they will become abusive.  There were three brothers that were particularly hard to deal with.  The brothers were brought to an area where the blankets were displayed.  They picked their own blankets, immediately wrapped the blankets around themselves and curled up on the couch in front of the T.V. and stayed there for the rest of the day.  The entire shelter felt the effects of that moment.  Our blankets were able to do something where nothing else had worked. 


To see more about Security Blanket Providers and how you can help click on the link below.
securityblanketproviders.org


We had a great day.  I was able to complete one quilt top before lunch and was working on the second quilt top when I was distracted while cutting.  Never look away while using a rotary cutter.  The cutter slipped over the ruler and sliced into my index finger.  It was a clean cut, but very deep, so I wrapped it up with paper towel and a zip lock bag with snow in it (thanks Lorna) and headed to the Brandon General Hospital.  Well, after waiting for over an hour to be stitched, I got up enough nerve to look at my finger again.  The bleeding had stopped and the cut had sealed.  The nurse put on some steri-strips and a bandage and Donna drove us home.  Moral of the story - Either pay attention while rotary cutting or wear a chain-mail glove while cutting!  (Actually Fons and Porter sells cutting gloves and I always scoffed at them.  Well, no longer!)  The photo below shows me demonstrating correct use of rotary cutter while sporting my hospital bandaged finger.