Making blankets at Sunshine Villa
The third season of the Blanket Making project at Sunshine Villa wrapped up with a trip to The Mustard Seed in Edmonton this past month, according to Julie Ishida, activity coordinator at the Villa.
“Participating residents have been making blankets with project volunteer leaders, Rose Ann Mottet and Natalie Warkentin for three years now,” Ishida said. “Mottet and Warkentin come on the first and third Mondays of the month, mid-September through mid-June to run this project.”
Regular blanket making participants are Adeline Morrison, Elsie Sware, Mary Finseth, Elizabeth Koop, Betty Tensen, Eva Dykeman, Anna Neufeld, Bertha Skeem, and Agnes Hamm.
The residents work with the volunteers to design blankets, to cut fabric, to iron fabric pieces, to sew and to knot or tie the blankets, with the fabric, thread, and batting being donated.
“At the season’s end they celebrate at the Villa with a Blanket Making Show & Social, a party with all the residents,” Ishida added.
