As the Southern Maryland winter began to set in students at St. Mary’s College gathered together to try to make it a little warmer for some others in the community.
St. Mary’s College professor, Holly Blumner, organized the first St. Mary’s College Make a Blanket Day. It was something Blumner had wanted to do for a while, and a project similar to several she took part in as a graduate student in Hawaii. “We had a great turnout,” Blumner told The Bay Net, after approximately twenty students had showed up to cut and sew fabric into blankets for others. “They were all very enthusiastic and dedicated,” Blumner said of the students. “Everyone worked really hard and was very excited about doing this.
The collection of irons, quilting fabric, sewing machines and patterns were put to good use by Blumner’s group of students, who produced seven blankets after a day of patching and sewing in the College’s Montgomery Hall. Some of the students were learning new sewing skills as they worked. The blankets were donated to a local shelter for battered women and children.
“I think I am going to try and do it again some time,” Blumner told The Bay Net after the success of the first blanket-making day.
