{"id":852,"date":"2015-07-25T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pa2015.mwc-cmm.org\/?p=852"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:03:03","slug":"stitching-for-global-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/stitching-for-global-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitching for global connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quilting and comforter activities link participants to MCC\u2019s work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Byron Rempel-Burkholder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MWC-Indiamansewing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126292 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MWC-Indiamansewing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MWC-Indiamansewing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MWC-Indiamansewing.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sushant Nand looks up from one of the Bernini sewing machines at the section of the hall devoted to quilt and comforter-making. A passerby is asking him if he is a tailor by trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He smiles. \u201cNo, I just wanted to learn about how Mennonite Central Committee operates, so that I can communicate it to other young people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nand, who has just learned the basics of using the machine, plans to participate in the MCC food-canning project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Calcutta, India, Nand is local MCC coordinator for international youth exchanges, including the MWC-MCC joint program YAMEN! He also helps facilitate the all-India Mennonite youth conference, another venue in which he can apply how material aid works from \u201cbehind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sewexplaining-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126277 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sewexplaining-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sewexplaining-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sewexplaining.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cathy Irwin, a volunteer supervisor at the quilting station, talked about how it was letting inexperienced people come to work on quilts that will be auctioned \u201cIt makes us a bit nervous, but we want everyone to learn quilting.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nand\u2019s experience illustrates what the service projects intend: to build awareness about MCC\u2019s work while offering opportunities to participate in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects also help participants learn something about culture: \u201cPennsylvania has such a tradition of quilt making,\u201d said a local quilting mentor Mae Stoltzfus. \u201cIt\u2019s worth paying attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the quilting section, three quilts were stretched out on square frames where women, men and teenagers sat and stitched the elaborate patterns North American Mennonites, Amish and Brethren in Christ have created for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming year, these quilts will be auctioned at MCC relief sales around North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indiansewer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126263 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indiansewer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indiansewer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indiansewer.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the adjacent comforter section, dozens of teenagers and adults make warm comforters. Some, like Sushant Nand, sew together patches of fabric for the comforter covers, using 14 new Bernini sewing machines on loan from a local business. Dozens of others sit at frames, tying the covers together with string. These comforters will be shipped overseas to be used in refugee camps and other places of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quilting and comforter service projects were coordinated and staffed by volunteers the MCC Material Resource Centre in Ephratha, Pennsylvania, says comforter coordinator Mary W. Martin. The Assembly projects replicate what happens at the centre, where hundreds of local volunteers stitch and sew to support the work of MCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Byron Rempel-Burkholder is a freelance writer and editor from Winnipeg. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quilting and comforter activities link participants to MCC\u2019s work By Byron Rempel-Burkholder Sushant Nand looks up from one of the Bernini sewing machines at the section of the hall devoted to quilt and comforter-making. A passerby is asking him if he is a tailor by trade. 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