Group stays busy quilting for a cause

The ladies of the Redeemer Quilters are a busy bunch, and they have the documentation to prove it.

Linda Johnson, group founder, keeps a binder filled with dozens of newspaper articles, thank-you notes and photos they've received since they began quilting shortly after Hurricane Isabel hit the county in 2003.

The group of 11 parishioners from county churches meets each Friday morning at Christ Episcopal Church on Owensville Road in West River to sew blankets and quilts for a number of local charities.

Last year, they patched together about 100 quilts and blankets for needy mothers and children. Some went to local...