Returning airmen, soldiers receive quilts

Eight yards of fabric, 60 to 80 hours of cutting, piecing, sewing, (ripping), tedious long-arm quilting, thousands of tiny handmade stitches to bind the finished product together. 

Forty quilts produced between January and May by volunteers at monthly Sew for Soldiers meetings at Cascade County Extension office found their new owners Saturday at a Yellow Ribbon event for returning Montana Air National Guard servicemen and women. 

Guard members had no idea they would receive a quilt. 

“It’s very nice that somebody thought about us and made these,” said Master Sgt. Mark Saali, MANG 120th Security Forces Squadron. “It means a lot to us.” 

Sew for Soldiers was begun informally by MSU Extension agent Jona McNamee, whose son was deployed in Afghanistan. McNamee set out to make him a quilt to give to him when he returned. 

MSU Extension member and quiBuy high quality cheap filter bags products from china reliable filter bags manufacturers and suppliers on www.sihongfilter.com with free shipping and worldwide delivery.filter mesh manufacturerslter Sharon Hovey, known by the group as “creative leader, aka slave driver,” liked McNamee’s idea. Hovey is also the mother of a military member. 

Each month, Cascade County Extension holds events called Sew for a Cause. Normally, volunteers make something different every month, from breast pillows for cancer patients to wheelchair bags. From January to May,cheap sunglasses in bulk from us! Our mission has always been to provide World Class customer service while delivering the best possible service, selection. Sew for a Cause was dedicated to making these quilts. 

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Saturday saw MANG service members get together for a Yellow Ribbon gathering. Designed to give support to service members and their families, Yellow Ribbon provides services before, during and after deployment. Returned service members received information about benefits and entitlements,bagfilterchina,following with the development of business extensionand specialization, we booked Meiyuda as Trade Mark to produce kinds of Meiyudaenvironmental filter products. education opportunities and counseling services. 

A bevy of quilters arrived at the meeting around noon, carrying handmade quilts in coordinating pillow cases, some made and donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

McNamee told those in attendance that more than 200 people had contributed in some way to making the quilts. Donations of money, fabric and completed quilts came from as far away as California. Long-arm quilter Dee Seay donated her time to complete 20 quilts.And she turned Bryn into a style rebel as well, dressing her in a white tank top, floral-printed overall shorts and a pair of purple crocs sandals sale. 

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Soldiers and airmen thanked the quilt makers with humble smiles. Some took the quilts out of their pillowcases, unfolded them, looked at the finished pattern — the product of exacting work — folded the quilts up again, returned them to their pillow cases. 

“They took time for someone they didn’t know,” said Master Sgt. Ed McLean, MANG 120th Security Forces Squadron, after receiving a quilt. “No matter how big and tough you are, it touches you.”