These beautiful butterflies were the inspiration for one macrame project for students.

Macramé and monarchs

The pandemic restarted a love for a childhood craft that’s back in fashion

My brother, the other Mr. Moore, would like to bring his class to tour your colony and learn about Hutterite life,” our teacher informed us one day. “As a token of appreciation, they’ll teach our class how to make macramé plant hangers.” Patrick Moore was our middle grades teacher and his brother was a high

The quilts have been displayed in the North Norfolk-MacGregor Library and in Victoria Place Assisted Living.

Quilters find the ‘Silver Linings’ in pandemic-era project

MacGregor-area group adapted to COVID times with unique pass-along project

A group of seven MacGregor-area quilters haven’t let the coronavirus stop them from doing what they love — creating quilts. It has stopped some of the social aspects of the pastime, but they have managed to adapt, with some unique changes. So far, the group consisting of Heather Stone, Jennifer Wiebe, Heather Martens Rempel, Sharon