{"id":5953,"date":"2019-11-20T07:40:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5953"},"modified":"2019-11-20T08:13:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:13:26","slug":"asking-for-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/asking-for-your-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking for Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis quilt was made for the 2016 exhibit\n“Water is Life” which premiered at the United Nations in Geneva\nSwitzerland. It has traveled around the world to tell the story of ‘Rocky\nMountain Poison’ – when the Gold King Mine spill turned the Animas River orange\nwith toxins – and sickened communities downstream. My scientist friends in\nDurango tested the water, and asked me to stitch the names of the toxins (that\nwere not being shared with the public) into the quilt.

\nThen our daughter was poisoned by VOCs (fracking byproducts – benzene styrene\nand toluene) in her public school, and Earthworks helped our community to\nidentify what was happening. I never could have figured out that she needed to\nbe tested for VOC exposure on my own. They educated us so we had the strength\nand courage to go after those who were poisoning our children and covering up\nthe truth.

\nAfter this story quilt traveled for 3 years, seen by over 100,000 people in\nmany venues around the world, I offered to sell or auction this art quilt to\nbenefit Earthworks…as a thank you for the work they do to protect our\ncommunities.

\nThe original idea of a fundraiser\nauction<\/a> began to grow into a larger dream when the International Quilt\nMuseum (IQM) in Lincoln NE asked to acquire the quilt!…and our 3\norganizations agreed to work together to raise money with my donated quilt, and\nthen the quilt will go to live at the International Quilt Museum.

\nMy birthday is next week. After raising money for charity for 20 years, I am\nasking a favor of you…for my birthday. Would\nyou contribute $5 (any amount is appreciated) to help me raise $5K to support\nthe work of Earthworks<\/a>?

EVERYONE\nWHO MAKES A CONTRIBUTION will receive an invitation<\/a> to an online webinar\nabout Art Activism and my quilt festival photos from around the world in 2019.\nThe one-hour webinar (date to be announced) will be in December, and the\ninvites will be sent out after our goal is reached.

\nYour generosity in making this dream come to fruition is greatly appreciated by\nEarthworks, the IQM and our family.

Click\nthrough to the GoFundMe site<\/a> and scroll down to the links, to see photos of\nthe exhibit at the United Nations, links to Earthworks and IQM, and see a UN\nvideo interview about this quilt.

\nThis quilt was made entirely from fabrics I pulled out of the eQuilter scrap\npile!
\n(Leftovers from your orders – thank you!)

\nsharing your Passion for Fabric…
\nLuana and Paul

\nCheck out our 180 videos from international quilt festivals, PBS TV, artist and\ncurator interviews on our eQuilter Video\nPage<\/a>. Subscribe and catch the latest videos on our eQuilter YouTube\nChannel.

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\neQuilter Classroom:
\nMarch 6-8 – MJ Kinman – New Exclusive Pattern & Class for eQuilter
\nApril 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson<\/a>
\nJune 1-5 2020 – Paula\nNadelstern<\/a>

\nLuana’s Travel Calendar:
\nJan 24-29, 2020 – Tokyo Quilt Festival – 1 day with Lisa Walton’s Japan Tour
\nFeb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX \n\n\n\n<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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