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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.
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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. There are 35
additional packets that have
been handed out, but have
not yet been returned.
By Monday morning,
they had delivered 260
masks to Good Shepherd,
25 to the Echo Fire Depart-
ment, 40 were on their way
out the door to the pedi-
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An array of colorful masks
made by area quilters.
The masks will go to Good
Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston, the Echo Fire
Department, and Pediatric
Specialists of Pendleton.
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