WRAP-up at MLA 2011

Here are the WRAP projects that were brought to Minneapolis this year and displayed at the Hospital Libraries Section meeting during MLA 2011. What a great showing!

MLA 2011 Project a Success!

Many thanks to Kolleen Olsen (Manager, Fairview Library Services in Minneapolis) who accepted WRAP projects from all those who couldn't make it to MLA,
AND who graciously delivered all of the 2011 WRAP projects to the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis! This year, 31 projects were created and accompanied by books and a few baby hats (thanks to Nancy Clark). Here is Kolleen at home with a few of the projects.
Thanks to all of you who participate in any way. We hope you'll join us in creating WRAP projects for Seattle in 2012.
Dena and Amy

Quilts from Carole Gilbert

These classic quilts are from Carole Gilbert, Royal Oak, Michigan.

Pat Hammond's & Pam Lovera's story

Frequently opportunities surface at the most unlikely time. When HLS members Amy Frey and Dena Hanson called upon other librarians to bring handmade "wraps" to our annual meeting for donating to a Ronald McDonald house, I was inspired. However, needlecraft is not one of my talents. During MLA '10, I asked Pam Lovera, Librarian at Prince William Hospital, about teaming up. She would do the stitchery and I would provide the book.

Last summer I started dating a widower. While cleaning his wife's sewing room, we found a beautiful unfinished afghan. When I showed it to Pam, she agreed to finish it for a Project WRAP donation. The fun continued during a trip to a bookstore with my beau's seven year old granddaughter. She picked out the books to accompany the afghan.

Sometimes all the pieces fall into place at just the right time.

Thanks,
Pam and Pat

Pam Lovera, Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA
Pat Hammond, Sentara Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA

Deb Miller's Sailboat Quilty

This cute sailboat quilt was created by Deb Miller from the Education Resource Center, Chambersburg in St.Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Quillow from Jan LaBeause

Here is a "quillow" from Jan LaBeause, Medical Library at Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia. A "quillow" is a lap quilt which folds up into an attached pocket to make a pillow. Jan included the book Elm Creek Quilts Sampler by Jennifer Chiaverini.

More from Deniz Ender and the ATA-NC Ladies

More blankets from Deniz Ender and the ATA-NC Knitting Club Members!

Dena's baby blanket

Dena knit this baby blanket using a soft cotton in feather & fan pattern.

Deniz Ender (Rex Healthcare Library, Raleigh, NC) and the Ladies of the American Turkish Association (North Carolina) Knitting Club have contributed these 7 blankets and books to the WRAP 2011 Project.
Contributors are Ayse Keskiner, Ayse Peksenar, Tulay Kabaca, Tezer Andrews, Ece Guralp, Dilek Tapici, Cigdem Wright, Gordona Ertan, Deniz Ender, Lale Bozkurt, Tuna Savas, and Serap Olgun.
Thank you, ladies, for a second year of lovely creations!

Throw and blanket from Charlotte Haskins

This baby blanket (left) and adult throw(below) were created by Charlotte Haskins, who is cooperating on WRAP donations with Linne Girouard.

WRAP 2011 Quilts from Donna McCloskey

These quilts were made by Donna McCloskey from Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville, North Carolina. What fun!