Quilting expert is speaker at Lockerbie and District Rotary Club
dailyrecord.co.ukIt was a busy meeting of Lockerbie and District Rotary Club on Monday night when principal speaker Ann Hill, BEM was there with husband David.
Also present was Colin Vooght, Assistant District Governor for District 1320, South Scotland.Ann Hill is an internationally recognised figure in the quilting world.
She was born in Shetland with a make do and mend culture. She was 14 before television reached the islands, consequently, she learned to knit and stitch, making Fair Isle gloves and lace scarves at her grandmother’s knee for pocket money.
Quilting became her hobby.She took early retirement and volunteered in care homes in Dumfries and Galloway, working with families of residents with dementia, to create memory quilts, noting how a feature on a quilt could trigger a memory and could start a conversation where previously there was silence.Speaking to patients gave her a new understanding of dementia and she is known for her efforts to raise awareness of the condition.
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