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No one remembers exactly how long they've been at it, but it's been long enough to have become a tradition. Every Monday morning a group of several women meet at the Beatrice campus of Mosaic and quilt. The oldest of the group is 92, and although illness often prevents her from coming, she still checks on the progress of the others whose efforts annually raise several hundred dollars to support people with disabilities.
The group of friends shares their memories, their family stories, and their care for one another as they quilt. They share a common faith as Lutherans, and a common past as all are retired from farming.
The ladies do not piece together the quilt top, but do the quilting only. The quilts come from local people and people across the country who pay the ladies for their quilting skills. They average one quilt a month.
"Some we think are so ugly when they bring them, but they are so pretty when they're done," said Hilda Schuster, noting that they have quilted all kinds of patterns, including designs with frogs and skunks.
Last year the women's quilting skills helped purchase eye glasses for a campus resident and an electric door for the facility laundry, among other things.
"We all look forward to coming," said Anna Jobman.