By Mary Owen
Cascade Country Quilters has a new home – the Santiam Senior Center.
“As our members have dwindled over the years, we hope to attract more members by meeting there,” said Linda Woodall, a Stayton quilter who has been with the group since her friend Rose Pruitt started it in 1990.
The group has had different meeting places, including most recently stitching quilts at the Aumsville Community Center. They make between 70 and 90 quilts a year which are donated to Santiam Hospital, veterans’ hospitals, Liberty House, Union Gospel Mission, and police/fire departments, among other places.
“We teach and learn from each other,” Woodall said. Her favorite activity is to appliqué blocks for quilts, saying, “I like the challenge – and the camaraderie.”
Like Woodall, Lorraine Geraci loves meeting with her fellow quilters. “We’re not very big,” she said. “But we have fun!”
Cascade Country Quilters meets every Friday from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at the senior center, 41818 Kingston-Jordan Road, Stayton. Down to only four full-time and two part-time members (snow birds), the group hopes to attract quilters to their meetings at the center, Woodall said.
“Everyone is welcome,” she said. “There are no dues. Just come and join in.”
For more information, contact Woodall at 503-769-9670.
