This spring, the weather didn’t want to cooperate with a planned prayer breakfast at Davisburg United Methodist Church.
The ice storm hit causing a power outage and subsequent cancellation of “Binding Together,” sponsored by the Circle of Love ladies group, and featuring Jackie Trute, quilter and inspirational speaker.
The event has since been rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 27 at 9:30 a.m.
While showing 30 of her pictorial quilts, Trute focuses on building relationships which encourage, challenge and inspire us to watch for and mend the fading in our relationships with one another and God.
“I do not paint or stain the fabric,” Trute said. “I use a God-given talent to find the different fabrics and incorporate them into my quilts.”
Many of Trute’s quilts have been juried into contests and have appeared in magazines and on television including “Quilting with Kaye Wood” and “Michigan Magazine.”
Trute was recovering from a tubule pregnancy when she made her first quilt, which later appeared on the cover of a quilting magazine.
As she crafted more quilts, she won more contests, was featured in more magazines as well as on T.V.
In 1989, she used her quilts for a church Mother and Daughter Banquet and has been using them as a ministry ever since; a ministry which simply grew by word of mouth.
Trute and her husband, Chuck, with their nine children consisting of biological, adopted and foster, often travel as a family around the country with this unique ministry, called “Lasting Impressions.”
Tickets for the event purchased last spring will be honored at the door. Additional tickets will be available at the door. Price is $7, includes full breakfast.
Davisburg United Methodist Church is located at 803 Broadway in Davisburg. For more information, call (248) 634-3373. Also, visit www.quiltministry.com for more information on Trute and her ministry.