Throughout the centuries women have “passed on the comfort” by creating blankets and quilts. These have given warmth in time of crisis: sickness, mourning, and war. During the morning hours of this seminar we will be looking at the story written in the book Passing on the Comfort (An Keuning-Tichelaar and Lynn Kaplanian-Buller). An was a member of the resistance movement in the Netherlands during WWII. Just after the war ended, she provided sanctuary for Mennonites fleeing from Russian forces.

North American Mennonites heard of the need for comfort and sent hundreds of quilts over to England. They were dispersed to Holland from a house on Shepherds Hill, run by the Mennonite Central Committee, just a few doors down from where the LMC is now. Decades later Lynn discovered some of these quilts in An’s house and decided their story needed to be told. Thus the book was written.

In the afternoon, the group will continue the tradition by creating together a simple quilt to be given to a charity (participants will decide on the charity).

Kathy Thiessen is the resident quilter at the London Mennonite Centre. Kathy has been quilting for almost twenty years and especially enjoys hand-appliqué. She is a member of the London Quilters guild and chaired the exhibition committee.

Fee: £10 (£5 unwaged)
Fee includes VAT and meal

To book for the course, download the Cross-Currents Calendar and application form, fill out the application form and mail it, with the fee, to
London Mennonite Centre
14 Shepherds Hill
London N65AQ
For more details or to reserve a space, call 0845 4500 214.