Nap Time!

The Strawberry Patch was abuzz with activity on Monday night; my Bee arrived and set right to work making nap blankets for the Pre-K classes at a local school. I was ready for them and had set up two machines for sewing, plus two ironing stations all ready so that we could work assembly-line style. Lightweight blankets are made for each child from two one yard lengths of kid-friendly fabric, sewn right sides together, turned right side out, edge stitched and, finally, "quilted" with a large "X" corner to corner to keep the blanket from separating in the laundry (teachers take them home to wash each week). Each child is assigned their own blanket on the first day of school to nap with, they use that same one every day until school is dismissed for the summer; then, their blanket goes home with them to keep forever.When all was tallied, at the end of our sewing sprint, we had made 20+ on Monday night; our goal is to "blanket" each of three classrooms of 15 students each! So far, we've always been able to meet our goal of 45. With the number of completed ones that I have here, plus a few leftovers that weren't assigned in the previous year, it looks like we've met our goal once again! A huge thank you to the friends in my Bee for their contributions of fabric and time as well as Quiltdivajulie who sent a large box of fabrics toward this cause; you're all the best!  I received a note yesterday from one of the Pre-K teachers at the school we have "adopted", it read: "Ladies, I can't thank you enough for doing this. It means a lot to our children and their families." School will start up once again in just a few short weeks; dim the lights and switch on the soft music, it's nap time... we've got you covered!

Life is Good!