Shawnee senior center has class for quilters

BY TIM HENLEY Comments 0
Published: December 4, 2008

SHAWNEE — Seniors are invited for quilting — and a little conversation — at the Shawnee Senior Center.

Clockwise from bottom left, Maxine Jones, Ann Williams, Aneta Tefertiller and Jody Colwell sew a quilt at the Shawnee Senior Center. The group meets from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursdays. PHOTOS BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Several seniors meet at the center, 401 N Bell Ave., once a week to participate in a quilting class, executive director Kate Joyce said.

The women make the quilts for recreation and to donate to charity, but a highlight of the quilting session is the weekly conversations participants can take part in, Joyce said.

"The group of ladies are very close,” she said. "Some of them have been quilting here for several years.”

Any senior is invited to the sessions, from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays.

The group also makes stuffed animals, and donates them to patients at Hospice by Loving Care, a center where terminally ill patients receive care.

For more information, go to www.shawneesen iors.org or call 878-1528.

BY TIM HENLEY, STAFF WRITER