Seamstresses from Vire Normandy make 200 blankets for very premature babies at Caen University Hospital

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Eight enthusiasts, aged 51 to 79, meet at the MJC in Vire Normandy every Thursday afternoon to make various fabric works. “The goal is to discover the patchwork and to make small objects that are both useful and decorative,” explains Léone Pruneau, who runs the workshop.

It's friendly, the team is united

With the holidays, little hands are busy making all kinds of decorative items, such as figurines or tissue box covers. But that's not all.

Blankets for premature babies

Five of them also design something else: they make blankets for the very premature infants department at the Caen University Hospital. “We do 200 covers per year », Indicates Brigitte Grard, secretary of the association “Babies kilts in Normandy”, which brings together people from Calvados, of the Some and Orne.

We also give some to Lisieux, and we are in talks with Cherbourg and Avranches

Hand embroidery

While the fabric assembly is done by machine, most of the pieces are sewn by hand. Thus, Sabine Barzin makes flowers which will draw a heart decorated with buttons and pearls on a patchwork blanket measuring 1.5m x 1.5m that she made with old jeans. Self-taught, she has been practicing embroidery for four years.

Before, I was part of a flamenco club in Belgium, and I made the costumes

To create her embroideries, she draws inspiration from art therapy books whose models she reproduces. “We discuss, we help each other, we learn from each other,” concludes Léone.

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