Today our Charity
Sewing Group gathered to make comfort quilts for those in need. At the same
time Kathy Price and Mission
of Love is on the Native American reservation in Pine Ridge SD,
distributing a previous batch of quilts to the Lakota Girls School …quilts
that were made in our eQuilter classroom, and in the homes of our sewing group.
This morning I received an email from Kathy that she had given a group of
quilts to a family who had just lost a baby due to a breach birth and Caesarean
gone wrong. It is a heartbreaking loss and our sewing group was glad to know
that their loving stitches could give some comfort to this family. Paul and I
suffered a loss like this 23 years ago, and that was the inspiration for our
eQuilter Charity Program, which has now raised over $1.6 million
for a variety of organizations, with a focus on children, the environment, and
breast cancer research. We thank you
for supporting our business, so together we can help others.
Our next deadline for donated quilts will be in late August. Kathy will be
going back to Pine Ridge Sept 1, so you can drop them off to eQuilter by Aug 15
if you are in our area, or you can ship them directly to Mission of Love to arrive
by late August.
Yesterday I went to hear Jeananne Wright’s presentation on Oregon Trail Quilts,
at the historic Hover Mansion in Longmont Colorado. Jeananne has collected 800
vintage/historic quilts, and gives lectures on a variety of quilt history
topics. I posted photos from the presentation on my Facebook page. After she
spoke, I gave a brief talk about my quilt “Rocky Mountain Poison”
which has come home after traveling in the “Water
is Life” exhibit. (Which started at the United Nations in Geneva.)
I’ve had 3 weekends in a row hanging out with quilters – I feel so blessed.
Sophie’s high school orchestra is touring and performing in Europe for 2 weeks.
Today we watched a Facebook Live feed of the orchestra performing in a historic
theater in Feltre Italy. Normally Sophie would be at our Charity Sewing group,
but today the ladies watched the live performance on my laptop, and we marveled
that modern technology allowed us to watch this performance live!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
