Atlanta Quilters receive generous donation

[December 09, 2015]   ATLANTA - Atlanta Quilting Corner recently received a large donation of quilting supplies. An avid quilter for more than 50 years, Delores 'Stephanie' Humphrey of Mahomet passed away January 2015. Her daughter, Pat Van Arsdall, donated her mother's stash to the Atlanta Quilting Corner for the group to use to "continue to make a difference."

The Quilters would like to acknowledge publicly and thank Pat for the generous donation of many yards of fabric, quilt patterns, and quilt kits. This stash enables the Quilting Corner to make up quilt kits that can be completed, at a quilters own pace, at home, then returned, finished.

Other options are that the quilter may bring in their favorite pattern and select fabric to complete a quilt at home and return it finished. Or, they may choose a pattern and materials to make up their own kit.

Kits, patterns, and fabric will be registered to the quilter so we may keep an accurate count of quilts in progress.

Once quilt tops are finished, they may be quilted by the quilter, or brought back to the Quilters Corner where it will be quilted and finished by club members.

All finished quilts will be donated to the clubs charity goals. Those goals for 2016 include 50 quilts for the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis in Peoria and in partnership with Atlanta Methodist Women Quilters, 50 quilts for Cunningham Children's Home in Champaign and Lessie Bates Home in St. Louis.

The Quilting Corner meets every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Atlanta Manor and every Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Atlanta Memorial Community House basement.

New members are always welcome, as as donations of materials for specific projects. For more information: 217-960-6261 or [e-mail]

[Donna Campbell]