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For the holidays last year, the Central Illinois chapter of Project Linus had a Here's A Hug program to make over 800 blankets for the children of women incarcerated in a regional prison. The inmates met with the chapter coordinators and specified their children's interests and favorite colors. Blanketeers in the area made blankets (quilts, fleece, knit or crochet) to specification for each child and delivered them in time for the holidays. Here are 800 blankets stacked up in the coordinator's house!
As you can imagine, these gifts were very much appreciated. Quilts with a visible tag are for that program. Here's one for a child whose favorite color is pink and wholikes hearts and butterflies.
Another Here's a Hug quilt.
A Here's A Hug with novelty prints that feature the child's interests.
Here's a Here's A Hug blanket for a child who likes cars, trucks, and fire engines.
A quilt from a guild kit.
A Heart Strings quilt made at a worknight.
A quilt with cute dog fabric and dalmatian border donated by a guild member.
A flannel quilt made from donated squares.
A colorful square-in-a-square made of soft flannel.
The sample block for a Fighting Illini string quilt the Linus Committee is making.
A Here's a Hug quilt.
A fleece quilt for a Here's A Hug child who loves dogs.
Marion donated a sample she made for our local quilt shop, Sew Sassy.
Another Here's a Hug quilt.
And another Here's a Hug.
As you can imagine, these gifts were very much appreciated. Quilts with a visible tag are for that program. Here's one for a child whose favorite color is pink and wholikes hearts and butterflies.
Another Here's a Hug quilt.
A Here's A Hug with novelty prints that feature the child's interests.
Here's a Here's A Hug blanket for a child who likes cars, trucks, and fire engines.
A quilt from a guild kit.
A Heart Strings quilt made at a worknight.
A quilt with cute dog fabric and dalmatian border donated by a guild member.
A flannel quilt made from donated squares.
