Big Mamas Hugs making quilts for children in need

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A group of Lubbock women are hoping to offer some warmth and comfort to those in need.

The group Big Mamas Hugs meets once a month in the basement of Saint Christopher’s Church.

Walking in you will see an variety of different fabrics, designs and ladies putting their quilting skills to good use.

Lisa Allen, who is in charge of the group, says these quilts are made not for themselves, but for kids who are going through tough times, who need a little bit of comfort and love.

“We make blankets that mostly go to the hospitals,” Allen said, “but then sometimes to individual children if we hear about them. Either they have suffered some sort of catastrophe, illness, or some trauma. We rarely see the children who get them, we just know they are being given to the right child.”

Allen says she has been a part of this group for years and her favorite part is knowing these children will have something to hold on to during their hard times.

“To me it has been a labor of love,” Allen said. “So every time I would make one of these quilts, then I would be imagining which child was getting it; how it was going to comfort them long after whatever the event was so they would have that comfort whenever they are reminded.”

Allen says with every quilt she and her team makes, she hopes a child will go to bed warm and feel like they are getting the biggest hug.