This weekend we are a sponsor for the “Recharge and Reinvent” online retreat for Quilt Guild leadership, hosted by the Intl Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska. I am speaking towards the end of the retreat tomorrow. Hopefully your guild attended and this fantastic programming will filter out to inspire new members and new projects.
This week I’ve been working with setting up the plan with our new partner in Western North Carolina, for our comfort quilt drive, focusing on those who lost everything. We are mostly concentrating on the community of Swannanoa where the center of town was wiped out.
Right now they are focusing on urgent survival needs, but they are asking to receive quilts over the next 1-3 months to distribute to those who truly lost everything. I am amending my size guidelines to include queen size quilts because some of these families are sleeping together in temporary housing. So anything from lap size, to twin and full/double size, and queen size.
Please make sure they are stitched, not tied, so they will last for a long time. We want to gift quality handmade quilts to these folks. We encourage you to put a label on the back with your name and anything else you wish to include. A message of hope and encouragement is always received with deep appreciation.
A comfort quilt stitched with unconditional love is a gift of hope, and you cannot imagine how precious these quilts are to those who receive them after losing their home and possessions, and sometimes a neighbor or pet or family member.
The quilts may be sent to:
KPC Buddhist Relief c/o Kelly Zarcone
155 Buckner Rd. Black Mountain, NC 28711
We have sent a collapsible wagon to Kelly to help her haul your quilts to distribution points. Thanks to Kelly and Dara for making this happen!
A huge thank you to the Quaking Aspen Quilt Guild and Joy who have dropped off 30 quilts for this project! Woo hoo!
A reminder that quilts can be dropped off in person to eQuilter. All other quilts should be shipped directly to North Carolina so there is no delay.
sharing your love for fabric,
Luana and Paul
Travel/Quilt Dates:
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – Houston Quilt Festival
11 am, Fri & Sat – Sacred Threads Artist Walk
3 pm, Fri & Sat – SAQA Camouflage Artist Walk
Nov 13 – Canada Zoom Lecture
December 5-13 – Textile & Costume Tour – Italy. Alpine Xmas Market Extension Dec 13-15.
Jan 21 – Visions Museum Zoom Lecture
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