Stitched Together

Their lives have become stitched together as they join every Tuesday at Christian Appalachian Project’s Eagle Child and Family Development Center (CFDC) to sew quilts for donors, nursing homes, older members of the community, cancer patients, and hospitals. While they stitch, the women of “The Quilting Bees” laugh, cry, and celebrate with each other.

Brinda Campbell, program manager of the CFDC, said that the process of quilting is as comforting to the women as the finished quilts are to the recipients.

“A lot of ladies in the community have experienced loss of a loved one,” Campbell said. Joining the quilting group has given them friendship and someone to talk to. Some of the ladies in the group are alone most of the time. This gives them friendships, socialization, and something to look forward to each week.”