ST. LOUIS – When a loved one passes away, they leave behind more than memories; they leave unfinished projects. That’s where Loose Ends steps in.
The volunteer organization connects skilled crafters with knitting, sewing, and crochet projects left incomplete due to death or disability. Their mission is to bring comfort to families by completing those handmade items and carrying on someone’s creativity stitch by stitch.
For longtime seamstress George Ann Watson, the mission was right up her alley. Watson, who lives just outside Corydon, Indiana, spent 45 years sewing professionally before dedicating her craft to volunteer work.
“You always have that memory of them,” Watson said. “They started this for you and it’s really sweet. Anybody that’s ever lost someone that they love knows how sp