Barbara Speed from Hamlin works with strips to be used in the making of quilts.
Joan Smith, an active member of the Sweden Senior Center Quilters looks on as quilters sew strips together for quilt squares as part of the activities at Community Quilt Day at the Sweden Senior Center.More than twenty-five quilters from various quilt guilds around the Rochester area came out for Community Quilt Day on Wednesday, February 22 at the Sweden Senior Center.
Community Quilt Day was sponsored by the Sweden Senior Association, Inc. Joan Smith, an active member of the Sweden Senior Center Quilters, who get together every Monday morning at the Sweden Senior Center, said that Community Quilt Day is an opportunity for the Senior Center Quilters to thank all those who come to help out.
Joan cuts a half square triangle made from random strips of fabric.The quilts made by the Senior Center Quilters are made from donated supplies and equipment including the sewing machines. The quilts are donated to community organizations in Monroe and Orleans counties. The Senior Center Quilters donate nearly 300 quilts each year.
