Teamwork and collaboration

Medical missions are still on hold but our quilters certainly aren't! Quilter Marci in Idaho has teamed up with Wrap-A-Smile regional coordinator Charlotte in California to make sure that our project never runs out of quilts. And it's a wonderful story of collaboration.

Members of the Sunshine Online Quilt Guild send fabric scraps and extra quilt blocks to Marci's "Scrap Orphanage" in Idaho where Marci whips them into eclectic works of art. The pieced tops then fly off to Charlotte in California who layers the quilts, then puts them on her long arm machine for final artistic quilting. They have become quite the team!

Currently we are building quilt inventory for Alliance for Smiles in San Francisco. As soon as travel becomes safe for all concerned Charlotte will personally deliver the quilts to AFS headquarters where they will be packed with the medical supplies.

There is no firm date yet for the medical missions to resume, but we are reassured that there are far too many committed medical volunteers to ever let these projects disappear. The backlog of children needing treatment is building and volunteers are anxious to help. There will be better days ahead!

In the meantime, enjoy some eye candy from Team Marci and Charlotte. Of course Charlotte keeps busy with her own creations, too..... With just a bit of imagination I know you can picture these quilts snuggling up children as they were meant to do.