Quilting for a cause

The Piece Makers, a newly formed Yates Center quilting group, donated 30 quilts to the Pregnancy and Family Center of Iola. The quilters plan to continue making and donating quilts to other groups, as well as folks in need.

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June 25, 2025 - 2:57 PM

The newly formed PIece Makers Quilting Club donated 30 quilts Wednesday to the Pregnancy and Family Center in Iola. Shown are, from left, Lynn Hobbs, Pam Bennett, Theresia Turner, Janet Ewing, Cooker Durand, Angela Johnson, Charlotte Stiles and Carmen Scott. Not pictured are Piece Makers members Helen Stoll, Sharlon Barney and Cindy Adams. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

A newly formed quilting club has been quite productive already.

On Wednesday, members of the Piece Makers Quilting Club made their first-ever large-scale donation, 30 hand-made quilts to the Pregnancy and Family Center in Iola.

The group, which meets each Wednesday morning at Yates Center’s Christian Liberty Fellowship Church, has already started its second batch of quilts, which will go to a natal intensive care unit at a Kansas City-area hospital.

Other quilts will be handed out to area residents suffering hardships. 

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