Quilters rally to stitch Texas community back together one ‘hug’ at a time

Following the deadly flooding in Texas, one woman is using her quilter's touch to help put the community back together one stitch at a time

This is just so unbelievable of how much help everyone is giving for our Poppy Challenge

That's Connie Quartz. Connie is a quilter on a mission. That mission is to assemble Poppy Block quilts, which symbolize remembrance and peaceful sleep

Hundreds of those quilts are now headed to Central Texas to bring comfort and warmth to families impacted by last month's deadly flooding

This is what quilters do. We love sewing. We may never have an intention for these quilts, but now this is an intention that those quilts were made for

With those admirable intentions, Connie just kept on sewing. Then she started asking friends to help, then strangers online

Within a month, quilters from all across the country had shipped in more than 175 quilts to her shop for those in need

This is just one way we can help you know and it truly makes you feel warm and fuzzy when you can help somebody Also constantly arriving at the shop Poppy Blocks So she is now the chief poppy pedal officer She a CCPO The poppy blocks are all squares and rectangles

with 90 and 45 degree angles. One block requires stitching 15 different straight lines

on a sewing machine. The center has to be the same, I think

Are you a quilter? Because you can help. Anyone can send in even just one block

Each poppy quilt consists of 35 of those blocks, and on August 30th, Quartz will host a 24-hour sew-along where people from all over the world can join in to sew as many poppy blocks as possible

We'll have them sitting around the table like this, and they will have poppy blocks cut and see how many we can get made in 24 hours

People from all over the world coming together to help mend the tear in a local community

Some people can give money, some people can donate time, some people can rescue

Quilters are just gonna quilt. That's what we do. So, you know, everybody helps in their own way

For Straight Arrow News, I'm Kaylee Carey. For more unbiased, fact-driven news, download the Straight Arrow News mobile app today or go to san.com