Mask scraps make COVID quilt, raise funds for animal rescue
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This article was published 21/10/2020 (1819 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Margaret James loves to sew; so much so, that after making more than 1,000 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, she used the leftover fabric scraps to make a special quilt.
The quilt, which James dubbed “the COVID quilt”, is now the top prize in a raffle fundraiser for the Virden Pet Network, an animal rescue organization, to be drawn for at the end of October.
James is a retired teacher from Elkhorn and fundraising manager for the Virden Pet Network. For a few months during the spring and summer, she and a friend, both accomplished quilters, stopped quilting to sew more than 1,000 non-medical face masks. James sold the masks for $5 and donated the proceeds to the non-profit animal rescue organization.
At the end of the mask project, James realized that she had hundreds of fabric scraps leftover, all of them too small to make anything out of except for one thing: a quilt.
“There was a fabric leftover that, of course, you don’t want to waste. So I just thought, I’ve got to do something with it,” she said.
James estimates that the quilt took somewhere between two to three weeks to complete. She cut, organized and sewed the quilt pattern, which was then turned into a full quilt by Custom Creations in Virden.
James said that she enjoys quilting as both a creative outlet and as a way to keep busy.
“I think it’s just a nice way to pass the time. There are so many different things you can do with quilting,” she said. “You can just have a small project … or you can make larger quilts, you can just do very basic or you can just really kind of expand on your skills and be really creative. It’s just a nice way to express some creativity.”
Like with the masks she made, James also decided to use the COVID quilt as a way to raise money for the Virden Pet Network. Raffle tickets for the quilt are being sold throughout October and the winning ticket will be drawn on Oct. 29.
The Virden Pet Network mainly works with cats, placing strays with foster homes and arranging adoptions. The network also offers a low-cost spay and neuter program as well as a “barn buddy” program that pairs outdoor cats with families who provide them with food and weatherproof shelter.
Raffle tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. Tickets can be purchased directly from Virden Pet Network board members or via e-transfer. More information is available on the Virden Pet Network Facebook page.
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