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Heckathorn: That quilts are for everyone, whether you buy them, inherit them, or make them. Especially in today’s high-tech society, the value of handmade art gains importance.

Heckathorn: That quilts are for everyone, whether you buy them, inherit them or make them. Especially in today’s high-tech society, the value of handmade art gains importance.

Snug As A Bug: A new partnership at Bidwell Continuation High School in Antioch has students making homemade quilts and other items that will go to kids in Bay Area hospitals.

“We make quilts for veterans that have been touched by war,” says Pat Graham, the group leader of the Quilt Guild of East Texas' Quilts for Valor.

Making the quilts Donated quilts must be new, twin-sized and homemade. Store-bought and used quilts are not accepted. “The purpose is the homemade, handmade gift,” Linde said.

A special ceremony took place in Rock Island to honor veterans through handmade quilts on Sunday, November 3.