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NEWS A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020 Local quilters step up to help medical groups With face masks in short supply, sewers fi ll the gap with colorful options By ANNIE FOWLER SPORTS EDITOR First it was hand sanitizer and toilet paper. Now, basic medical supplies are in short supply, including face masks, as medical work- ers try to protect themselves while treating patients who may have COVID-19. That’s where a group of local quilters have stepped in to save the day. The quilters took over Mama Bear’s Quilt Shop in Stanfi eld on Friday, bring- ing in material and elastic to make much-needed face masks for Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermis- ton, the Echo Fire Depart- ment and Pediatric Special- ists of Pendleton. “Jerene (Barndt, from Good Shepherd) called me and asked if I would be will- ing to make them,” said Stanfi eld resident Mickie Winnett, a retired licensed practical nurse. Winnett knew there was no way she could mass pro- duce the 400 masks her friend wanted by Monday, so she gathered the troops. Kristi and Chad Ray, who own Mama Bear’s Quilt Shop, opened their space to the group, and there were ladies there Friday cut- ting material and sewing. The group returned over the weekend and were there again Monday morning. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Linda Miller, of Hermiston, sews pleats into a mask at Mama Bear’s Quilt Shop in Stanfi eld Monday afternoon. The masks will go to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, the Echo Fire Department, and Pediatric Specialists of Pendleton. Jeanette Gold stitches pieces of fabric together to make a mask on Monday afternoon at Mama Bear’s Quilt Shop in Stanfi eld. The homemade masks don’t have the same power as regular medical masks when it comes to protecting from germs, but they can provide some help. “These are for precau- tionary purposes, not pre- vention,” Winnett stressed. Chad Ray got put to work cutting fabric, while his wife was cutting lengths of elastic that hook around the ears to hold the masks in place. “This little group com- mands friendship,” Win- nett said. “If I went down, they would be there to help. This is a massive memory maker.” Most of the material being used has been donated atric clinic and 55 were scheduled to be delivered to Guardian Angel Homes. “This is an ongoing thing until they don’t need any more,” Winnett said. “It’s a major deal. Regency Nurs- ing Home wants 100. We are working on it.” The material for the masks range from polka dots to John Deere to wild- life. There is one made from New York Yankees mate- rial, which Winnett said was specially made for ortho- pedic specialist Dr. Jeremy Anderson. Once the masks are handed over to the groups in need, they will be prop- erly laundered before being used. Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE by area sewers, including Winnett, who recognized scraps of material in the pile that she once used to make herself scrub shirts. Candace Patrick of Hermiston was happy to help. If there is material to play with, she will be there. Other generous donors and sewers include Linda Miller, Karen Haugeberg, Shari Humphery and Mar- gie Morgan of Hermiston, Judy Noth, Phyllis Picker and Marla Cox of Stan- fi eld, and Jeanette Goldie of Echo. The masks must be made of 100% cotton fabric. They are made of two layers of fabric sewn together with the elastic bands. The group is using an approved pattern it found online. By 4 p.m. Friday, the group had made 60 masks in three sizes — adult, child, and those for babies. That number did not include packets of material picked up earlier by others. Each packet has materials to make 10 masks. As of Monday morning, 150 masks had been made and returned. 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