MISSOULA - A group called “Wrap Ukraine with Quilts” reached out to quilters guilds across the country asking if they would donate or create warm quilts for those in the middle of that war. Montana responded in a big way, and hundreds of quilts will not just go to Ukraine, but to Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Moldova, and Romania. “I proposed this idea to the Missoula Quilters Guild and just put it out there and asked if they’d like to participate in the program to send quilts to Ukraine and they just ran with the idea...it was unreal,” said Joni Storno. MTN News The Missoula Quilters Guild has close to 200 active members and is the largest quilting club in Montana. The Missoula Quilters Guild — which has close to 200 active members and is the largest quilting club in the state — has already sent off hundreds of them because it’s winter in Ukraine.
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