Baton Rouge’s Anitra Isaac, left, laughs with volunteer Debbi Kelly, right, of Denham Springs, as Isaac and Baton Rouge’s Lorraine Morrisey, just behind Isaac, pick out fabrics Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ Flood Relief Campaign for Quilters distribution of sewing machines, fabric, specialized tools and pattern books to about 150 quilters who lost their quilting gear and supplies in the 2016 flood. All three of the women’s homes were flooded. (Travis Spadling/The Advocate)
The Advocate | April 1, 2017
A feature I wrote for The Advocate on the Bridge Over Troubled Waters Flood Relief Campaign for Quilters and the supply distribution they organized April 1. Flooding in the Greater Baton Rouge area in fall 2016 destroyed homes, businesses and schools, and decimated the collections of area quilters. Local quilters banded together to collect donations from around the state and country.
Mason Dupré, left, and Natalie John assess one of their traditional Woolly Threads pullovers in the company’s Baton Rouge headquarters. (Kalynn Barnum/DIG Baton Rouge)
A feature article on Mason Dupré and Natalie John, founders of Woolly Threads, a lifestyle company based in Baton Rouge. The company’s signature item is a nubby knit pullover sweatshirt. Dupré and John started the business in Dupré’s kitchen and used on-campus marketing and guerrilla visits to collegiate athletics departments
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