From Sheila Green, Lincoln Covid Sewists Coordinator:

The Covid Risk Dial in Lancaster County is again in the mid-orange range, or high risk of Covid-19 spread. We again have an indoor mask mandate in effect through the month of September. Last week, I received requests for over 1,300 masks for preschoolers! One daycare has 44 new 2 year olds that now need to wear masks. We are focusing on masks for children who are too young to be vaccinated and who need our cloth specially made masks for their small faces.

If you haven’t previously made masks, please join us as the need is great! I have kits available for you to sew. Contact Sheila Green at sheilagreen@windstream.net or 402-440-3127 if you need patterns (primarily preschoolers with adjustable ear loops). Masks can be dropped off in the tote on my porch, 7950 Cooper Ave. Please include your name with the masks.

The International Quilt Museum will host for a limited time Trying to Make Sense of It: 9/11, Loss, and Memorial Quilts from August 20 through October 16, 2021. The exhibition will feature quilts from the IQM collection including several panels from the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt, and important additions from artists and other collections. This year, 2021, marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Quiltmakers made thousands of memorial quilts following 9/11—and during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars that followed—to help themselves and the nation grieve its losses and secure the memory of those who died. Since the dark days of 2001, other global events have resulted in significant losses, such as mass shootings, refugee displacement, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The quilts in Trying to Make Sense of It also commemorate some of these events and invite reflection on how individuals, communities, and nations use memorial quilts to make sense of their universal experience of loss. Several programs, including an opportunity to share your memorial quilt and its story, will be held at the museum. Click the links for details.

• September 3, 2021, Passage (Memory) Quilting through Life's Transitions with Sherri Lynn Wood
• September 3, 2021, Prayer Banners Sewing Circle
• September 11, 2021, Gallery Talk
• September 18, 2021, Memorial Quilt Story Share