Collins Senior Center group donates lap robes to nursing home residents
TEXARKANA, Texas —A group of creative women at the Collins Senior Center are putting their talents to good use.
The Collins Senior Center’s Quilting, Crochet & Knitting group has recently donated 48 handmade lap robes to Heritage Plaza Nursing Home, Edgewood Manor Nursing Home and The Villa of Texarkana Nursing Facility
The lap robes were made by Annette Wilmoth, Carolyn Crowder, Lisa Clark, Rose Stallworth and Rebecca Rapport.
“We like to help each other out with projects and this was a good one to work on,” Wilmoth said. “The residents were happy to get them.”
Lap robes can be used similar to shawls to help a person’s legs stay warm in cold weather.
Wilmoth has quilted or sewn with others at Collins Senior Center for about 20 years. She started going to the center after she retired.
“We had a quilting group and made and gave away a lot of things. We were a big group for a long time and then it got smaller, so we joined with the crochet group,” she said.
“I like to go down there and visit and have a good time,” she said.
Wilmoth enjoys quilting and can do one or two lap robes a week if someone helps out with the top.
Since COVID, the group members are working on their projects at home more but enjoy getting together when they can.
They are always looking for new group members and encourage those with an interest in quilting or crochet to join them.
“Quilting is not a thing people do anymore, not as much as they used to,” she said.
For more information on the group, call 903-793-5545. The center is open Monday through Friday.