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So Minnesota: Sewing for others and wrapping them in love — Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
So Minnesota: Sewing for others and wrapping them in love — Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
There’s one group that helps keep people warm by wrapping them in love.
The mission of the St. Paul nonprofit, formed nearly 50 years ago, is to nurture the art and craft of quilting through inspiration and education.
“There is such joy in seeing someone who appreciates a quilt, and everyone wants to be warm,” Merle Pratt with Minnesota Quilters, Inc. said.
The group’s main service project is called Quilting for Others. The group gives quilts to several different groups.
“There are so many places that want the comfort of a quilt,” Pratt said. “Hospitals, hospice, veterans home, homeless shelters.”
The group also donates chemotherapy port pillows for patients who are going through treatment and makes Christmas stockings for children in shelters.
“We kind of joke about sewing love into it,” Pratt said. “The love is there. The comfort is there.”