I am Laura Saegert, with engAGE since 2021. I have been making quilts for two charitable organizations – The Linus Connection and the Austin Area Quilt Guild. The Linus Connection’s mission is to provide a handmade security blanket to every child who is in a crisis or at-risk situation in Central Texas.

I quilt tops that members have sewn, and I also make quilts. The AAQG provides baby quilts to newborns and quilts to soldiers returning from active duty. I have worked with both groups, but primarily quilt tops that other members have sewn for the soldier’s quilts. I have spent about two thousand hours over the past 15 years either quilting tops or making charity quilts (1,382 hours since I joined engAGE). I enjoy quilting and giving back to the community.

Laura and Don Saegert