This ward has a wonderful tradition to welcome young women into Relief Society. Each spring the Relief Society and the Young Women get together to tie a quilt for each female graduating senior. The girls take their quilts to college and have a part of their home Relief Society with them while they're away from home. The families of the girls provide the fabric, batting and yarn and the ward provides the quilting frames, needles and loving labor. This year we had three senior girls and that same evening we tied a quilt for an elderly sister who is leaving our ward. One thing about this activity I really like is that the quilt is bound before it is tied so once you take it off the frames, it is completely finished. I'd never heard of doing that until I moved into this ward but it's quite common here. Sister Janell Kincaid offers to do this every year for the young women and her work is fabulous.
Each young women was also presented with a basket containing the Relief Society manual, a picture directory of the ward Relief Society sisters, the ward cookbook, a set of measuring spoons (to take to college) and other goodies. The Relief Society president also encloses a personal note for each young woman. What a great way to transition into Relief Society! It's a really beautiful activity and so fun to see the fabrics the young women pick. You can really learn something about their personalities just looking at that. Summer's quilt is pictured above and here is a close up as well.
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