Putting together a quilt requires doing it piece by piece.
It’s a craft that requires patience as you work toward a bigger goal.
The Pine Needle Quilters have displayed that diligence in producing their veterans quilts, which the group that meets in the town of Breed started making in 2007 to give to those who have served.
They have given them to veterans in hospice care, veterans who are homeless and those at a local VFW or Legion post.
Now, 17 years later, the group has surpassed donating more than 1,000 quilts to veterans.
“That’s a very big milestone for our guild,” said Deanna Tachick of Suring, the president of the group. “I mean … our quilters are basically from the age of, oh, let’s just say 52 and they go up to into the late 80s and 90s, so, I mean, for a group of women to be able to do that for (about) 20 years – and that’s just our veterans quilts.”
Indeed, the group has also donated quilts to children battling cancer, given them to different schools for families that need help at Christmastime, and provided quilts to families and friends who have suffered tragedies.