Sunday, October 30, 2011

Created with Care for Children of the Americas

Hand quilted baby blankets and infant bibs are a work of art. Each blanket takes many hours of cutting, piece work and sewing. The bibs are a great gift to give out for our cleft babies we care for on our surgical teams.
Hand made blankets of this quality are often sold in gift shops across Kentucky. Fortunately for COTA, the Brookesville, Indiana sewing guild realized that they are priceless gifts to our Guatemalan patients, and they donated the products to us. The recent gift of over 100 blankets and 150 bibs have been shipped to Guatemala and are waiting to find their new owners when we disperse them on Team 2012. We are grateful to Marie Kerr in Mt. Carmel, Indiana for her many years and countless hours of sewing for our patients. Marie, who is in her late 70's, has a big heart, busy hands and talented friends.

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