On the way!
April 27, 2011 at 3:46 am | Posted in Craftivism, Portland, Quilting Bees | 3 CommentsSo happy to report that THIRTY beautiful handmade comfort quilts are on their way to Seven Islands in California, to then make their journey across the Pacific to Japan!
Daniela bound one this morning, I bound one this afternoon while Everett napped, and Teresa was kind enough to bring a lovely baby quilt she’d made over to boost our total donations from 27 to 30. We snapped a last round of photos and ran over to the UPS Store!
Photos of all are in the flickr group, with more on the way for the Mercy Corps fundraiser. We’ll let you know when we launch the Etsy store and would love to stay in touch about spreading the word and further donations of blocks, quilts tops, or quilts, if you’re interested. Daniela is at Modern Domestic hosting a bee right now, in fact, and May 7 & 8 will bring our weekend of quilting for the fundraiser – would love to see you then!!!
Can’t say thank you enough to everyone who teamed up with us on this project. We’re just two mothers with three kids and about five jobs between us who have been so fortunate to connect with awesome, kind and generous people willing to help make beautiful things for a crucial cause. Thank you to everyone who has jumped in with us this crazy month!
xox
susan + daniela
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Whow! 30 beautiful quilts went to Japan end of April. Thank you everyone!
Now all finished quilts will be listed for sale with 100% going to Mercy Corps.
We have received so many fabric strip and yardage donations so far, that we can no longer accept any more fabric donations! If you want to donate a finished quilt being listed in the shop, we'll gladly accept! Thank you!
All our Quilts for Donation/Sale!
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Congratulations! What an inspiring initiative. You’ve touched many people with this project – on both sides of the Pacific. Thank you.
Comment by Kristyne— April 27, 2011 #
So proud of you guys and this massive effort of the past month!
Comment by Bee's Nest Deb— April 28, 2011 #
That’s so impressive! What a great show of support and love. We dropped our quilts off a last month and snapped a picture of one of them being received at Seven Islands. You can live vicariously through us and imagine handing over your 30 beautiful quilts in person…I’m sure they were so appreciated!
Comment by Charissa - The Gifted Blog— May 23, 2011 #