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Vol. V, No.
IX, September, 2005
(Updated
monthly. Not available by subscription)
GREETINGS!.......
About Hurricane Katrina Efforts
It goes without saying that we are all heart broken and
frustrated, not knowing what to do for the poor victims of Hurricane
Katrina. And, as is the usual case, quilters as a group,
whole-heartedly strive to gather to help.
There are a few relief efforts involving the quilting
world that are taking place and forming as we speak. I would like to
help in any way I can also. I can start by offering a free, quick
quilt pattern for anyone to use in a donation quilt to be sent to these
organizations that are forming. I urge you to all to make use of it,
or create your own and send them NOW. Can you imagine sleeping in
the Houston Astrodome with government issue blankets?
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Here are some recent
emails involving a couple of quilt relief efforts and details on where to send,
etc. The first is the Houston group effort and they are asking for quilts
to be sent now.
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"QUILTERS
COMFORT AMERICA
A Cooperative Project
To Comfort Victims of Hurricane Katrina
To quilters everywhere:
The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast is beyond belief.
Here in Houston our hearts are heavy with sorrow for all the horrible losses,
and we are preparing to welcome the thousands of refugees that are being bussed
to us because they have lost their homes or have no access to whatever is left
of their homes. Like so many other people, we want to help. Knowing
quilters, we think you want to help, too, because there are no more generous,
giving, open-hearted people than quilters. Therefore, we are launching a
two-part drive for Hurricane Katrina relief, and we urge you to join us in this
project. We're calling it QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA.
PART 1: Urgent Donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief
Fund.
We will match EVERY donation made by quilters to the American Red Cross,
up to a maximum of $10,000, on a dollar for dollar basis. In other words, if you
make a $25 donation, we'll match that with another $25 donation. If you
make a $100 donation, we'll match that with another $100 donation, right up to
the maximum. To avoid delays in your donations reaching the Red Cross, and
because we have trusted quilters for more than 30 years now, just email us with
the amount of your donation that you sent to the American Red Cross Disaster
Relief Fund. Every penny of every donation--up to $10,000--will be matched by
International Quilt Festival. You have my word on that. Please use this email
address:
exec5@quilts.com
and use the subject line: RED CROSS DONATION.
PART 2: QUILTS FOR COMFORT
Many thousands of the Katrina refugees are being sent to Houston RIGHT
NOW, and no one knows how long they will have to be here. Most of them escaped
the hurricane's fury with only the clothes on their backs--nothing more--and
they may have absolutely nothing to go home to. They don't even know. The
Astrodome is ready as temporary housing, but there is a serious shortage of
bedding. Part 2 of QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA is the collection of quilts of all
kinds to be distributed to the refugees here in Houston so that they have
something soft to sleep on instead of the hard concrete floors of the temporary
shelters and something warm to cover up with against the chill of otherwise
welcome air-conditioning (we've been in the 90s and 100s for weeks now).
Many of us have unfinished projects filling our closets and cupboards.
Get out one of those projects--twin size preferred but no smaller than baby
quilt size, please--and finish it up for this. Use lightweight batting--do
whatever binding is the quickest, even a close zigzag stitch. You don't have to
quilt it--tie it! If you have only small projects, add borders. Think about a
mother lying on the floor cradling her baby--that's the size quilt we need to
provide. These quilts are not meant to be heirlooms, although they will probably
be treasured for many years as a symbol of the caring of strangers. Tie
them, machine quilt them, work in a group with your friends and finish several
on an assembly line, do whatever it takes to get these finished quickly. THE
NEED FOR THESE QUILTS IS RIGHT NOW! If you already have some finished pieces
that you don't have plans for, send them too, as long as they are no smaller
than baby quilt size. If you are a professional, you may have sample quilts that
have become shop-worn or faded but are still clean and very usable in an
emergency--send them!--we are IN an emergency! Be sure to put a label on
the back of your quilt or sign it with a kind thought and your name and date.
Every piece will go to a refugee family driven from their homes by the
hurricane.
To participate in QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA, send an email to exec5@quilts.com
(subject line: COMFORT AMERICA) to let us know how many quilts you are sending.
That will help us help the Red Cross in its planning. Please do not expect a
confirmation that your quilt has been received or any kind of nice thank-you.
Sometimes we just have to do things because they are the RIGHT things to
do--this is one of those times. People need help...the kind of help WE can
give.
Use this address to send your quilt/s:
COMFORT AMERICA PROJECT
c/o International Festival
7660 Woodway, Suite 550
Houston, TX 77063
Please note: for security, do NOT use the word 'quilt' ANYWHERE in
your address label!
Many of us have also amassed linen closets full of old
but completely usable sheets--perhaps a size you no longer use, or
juvenile prints that your college age kids don't like anymore. Clean sheets and
blankets are also most welcome to QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA. Naturally,
everything should be clean and fresh. These folks have lived with enough mud and
dirt to last them the rest of their lives--let's give them a clean bed to rest
in. Please note that we cannot use fabric, patterns, scraps, etc.
Quilt Festival will serve as the collection point for these quilts, and we
will deliver them DAILY to the American Red Cross staffing the refugee centers
in Houston, where they will be distributed by the Red Cross volunteers. Because
we are right here in Houston where more than 10,000 of the refugees will be, we
can make a difference RIGHT NOW...if you'll help.
Time is critical--the need is NOW! People are arriving by the hour,
children are bedding down on the cold concrete, bedding is needed by people of
all ages who have lost everything in this horrible storm. Please help if
you can. If you live in or around Houston, you are welcome to hand deliver
your donations to us. Our address is 7660 Woodway, Suite 550, Houston 77063. You
can find it on Mapquest. Please note that this is one block of Woodway that runs
perpendicular to all the rest of Woodway. Thanks to everyone!
QUILTERS COMFORT AMERICA.
Karey Patterson Bresenhan
Director, International Quilt Festival--Houston and Chicago"
www.quilts.com
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The 2nd is an effort
initiated by the American Quilters Society:
"AQS members
rally to aid Hurricane Katrina’s victims
All of us have watched in horror, as Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf
Coast this week. Quilters are always ready to lend a helping hand when needed.
We are depending on that generosity as we launch AQS Quilters to the Rescue.
The American Quilter’s Society will act as a repository for quilts to be
donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This will be a long-term
commitment. We will receive quilts into our warehouse and pack them to be
shipped on to the disaster areas, when and where requested by the aid groups.
Our Paducah, Kentucky location is the perfect launch point for the aid. We are
asking for completed bed quilts and baby quilts only. Do not send
quilting supplies, wallhangings, or unfinished quilts.
With colder weather just two months away, quilts made with loving care,
will offer comfort to those facing winter and rebuilding their lives. As many as
a million people may be left homeless due to this catastrophic disaster. It is
likely that many people will be in shelters and other relocation facilities
through much of the winter. Quilts will be needed! So spread the word!
Send donated quilts to:
AQS Quilters to the Rescue
c/o American Quilter’s Society
5801 Kentucky Dam Road
Paducah , KY 42003
For those of you wishing to donate money instead, we suggest a donation to NOVA
(National Organization for Victim Assistance). They will be providing long-term
assistance on many levels. You may go to their Web site at www.trynova.org
or send checks to NOVA, 510 King Street, Suite 424, Alexandria, VA 22314, or
call them at 703-525-NOVA.
For an optional AQS Quilters to the Rescue quilt label, go to www.AmericanQuilter.com
and download the PDF. The label will be available on line on Thursday, September
1st.
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Site-Seeing
http://quizilla.com/users/yoyoking/quizzes/Which%20Ice%20Cream%20Are%20You%3F
Which kind of ice cream are you? (I'm Neapolitan - I'm a leader and
make my own choices).
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/common_cents/index.html
Find the real penny.
http://www.hoffmanchallenge.com/2005challenge/2005winners.html
See the winners of Hoffman's 2005 Challenge.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/default.asp
Yes! They have a site! It's an auction site. Check out the
Linens/Bedding/Textiles under Home Decor. Some interesting quilt hunts in
there.
Tag Line of
the Month
Inside
every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.
May you always have a quilt in the hoop,
Claudia
September
1, 2005
ARCHIVES: (Please note that some of the links on past newsletters
on the Site-Seeing Categories may have expired and are no longer available--in
other words--It's Not My Fault!!)
August,
2001- Premiere Issue: Explanation of Website Categories, Picture
of Author
September, 200l - Eden
Mennonite Sewing Society, Oklahoma MCC Relief Sale Link, New House Hunting
Pattern, New Ozark Mountain Night Pattern, Call for Guest Gallery
October, 2001 - Plett's Plot,
Sewing Society Follow Up, New Quilter's Alphabet Pattern, New My Stars &
Bars Pattern, Free Block of the Month Project - House Hunting
November, 2001 - HenryCat, My
Stars & Bars Free Block of the Month, New Easy Eights Pattern, Granny's Tip
of the Month
December, 2001 - MCC Relief
Sale, Enid, Oklahoma; Quilter's Corner, Auction Bay, Featured Quilt, Other
Quilts, 10,000 Villages, Twilling, Finished Simply Amish Quilt, Free Block of
the Month - Easy 8's, New Heart Trio Pattern - Appliqué
January, 2002 - New Year's
Resolution; Website Reviews: Bead Creative, Quilting with a Passion,
Webshots, Lancaster Gen. Store, others; Quilters Mall Crawl; Free Block of the
Month - Calendar Blocks
February, 2002 - Grandma's
Buttons Lap Quilt, weather box, Quilt University.Com, Fran Iverson Gonzalez,
Hawaiian Ice Breaker, Paypal Added, Connecting Threads, New Pattern - Proud
Mamas, Free Block of the Month - Heart Trio Table Runner
March, 2002 - Twilling Quilt
Update, Quilt Car, Worm Song, Alex Anderson's Chat Room, Out with Henry, In
with Frosty, Free Block of the Month - Simple Scrappy Pleasures.
April, 2002 - Finished
Shadow Quilt Top, Yoyo Site, equiltessence.com, Snoopy Dance, What Muppet
are You?, Free Block of the Month - Proud Mamas, In the Works - Train Quilt
& 9-Patch Wonders
May, 2002 - Nite-Nite Express Quilt
& new pattern, Mr. Skunk, Frosty Update, End of the Internet Site, Sewing
Genie Review, Ground Zero Quilt Site, Internet Bumper Stickers Site, What
Simpson are You?, Crazy Horse Site, 9-Patch Wonders new pattern and free BOM,
New Logo
June, 2002 - Eden Mennonite's Broken
Star, Stack & Slash Tutorial, Gauge your Age, T-Shirt Quilts, What Storybook
Character are You?, Holiday/Birthday List Link, Vacation Notice, Quilt Index.
Com Mall Crawl
July, 2002 - Our mention in Quilters'
Newsletter Magazine, Diana's 9-Patch Wonder Recipe #3, Diana's Simple Scrappy
Wall Hanging, Fractal Quilts Link, What Vegetable R U?, Smiley Reference Link
August, 2002 - Homeland
Pride Quilt, Winsome Wildflowers Quilt, Gag Gifts Link, What's Your Inner
Flower?, Quilters' Survey, Fireworks Link, WWQP Pattern Search Link, Funny
Valentine Link, Kansas Trouble Quilt Pattern
September, 2002 - Simple
Scrappy Pleasures Finished Quilt, Sharon Caligan's Simple Scrappy Quilt,
Friendship Basket Exchange Block, Nickel Cobblestones New Pattern, Kansas
Troubles New free BOM Project, Mini Munchkin land Link, Useful Items Link, Quilt
Costs Link, Useless Quiz Link, Jeanne Prue's Guest Gallery Link, The Mom's
Dictionary Link
October, 2002 - Book
One--the First Collection, Basket Luncheon Set, Friendship Basket Swap, Baby
Cobblestone in Progress, Site-seeing, 3 Barns Kansas show
November, 2002 - Cobblestone
Finished, Another Nite-Nite Baby Express Finished, Jungle Lone Star Finished,
Site-Seeing Links: Kaleidoscope toy, Funky Chicken, Quilt Lid Boxes,
Telephone Game, Which Villain Are You?, Weird Eyeball, Pickup Truck Cover, Quilt
Block Design Interactive, Movie Physics; Simple Scrappy Wall Hanging new
Free BOM Project; Bird Hunting and Pieced Flowers In the Works.
December, 2002 - Thirteen
Flowers Finished, 4th Nite-Nite Express Finished, Pat Katnik's Nite-Nite
Express, Site-Seeing Links: Quilts Stolen, Paint by Number, Sarah
Mylchreest, Snowmen, Giggles, Mugshots, Canon Cards, Twelve Flowers New Free BOM
Project, Snowball Poem
January, 2003 - Bird
Hunting Pattern and Quilt done, Site-Seeing Links: Google View Search
& Bill Coleman's Photographs. Addition of Guest Gallery, Beaded
Egg, Scrap Quilts in the Works
February, 2003 - Nancy
Adams' quilt, Juliana Winegarten's quilt, Tulsa Volunteer Blocks, Site-Seeing
Links: 71 Reasons to Buy Fabric, FBI Watching You, The Weedeater Quilt
March, 2003 - Just
Quilt It! Feature Story; Site-Seeing Links: 12 Flowers Block Swap, Quilt
Judges, & Where words come from; Plaid Mad in the Works, & Peacocks in
the Works
April, 2003 - Pretty-Boy
Peacocks Finished; Site Seeing Links: Owl Cam, Eagle Cam, Old-Fashioned
Living, People/Dogs, Armed Services Banner; What's New Decisions/Decisions
May, 2003 -
Muskogee Quilt Show, 2003; Site Seeing Links: Leather Thimble, Evil
Squirrels, The Weird Chronicles, Iraqi Information Minister, What's New Ducks in
a Row, My Stars & Bars free block of the month.
June, 2003 - Penguin
Quilt, Site Seeing Links: QuiltMaker program, Baby crib quilt racks,
Quilter signs, Carjacker raccoons, Avoid alien abductions, EQ4/5 Tutorials,
What's New Lone Star Basics Pattern
July, 2003 - Darcy
Ashton in T-Town, What's New Caddo River, Appliqué Wall Hanging Top,
Site-Seeing Links: Easy Circle Cathedral Window, Falcon's Bird Cam,
Snowflakes, Lunch Boxes, Invisible Thread Review
August, 2003 - Lone Star Appliquéd quilt, Site-Seeing
Links: Classic Couches, Digital Clock, Singing Horses, Stress Test;
What's New: Shopping Cart, ShortnScrappy Pattern, Picture Frame New BoM
project, Buster Licking
September, 2003 - Precut
Kits, Other Kits, What's New Toy Box Baby quilt coming up, Site-Seeing:
Fly Swatter, What Kind of Storm Are You?, Interactive Kitty
October, 2003 - Eden
Mennonite Church Fall Country Festival, The Spellchecker Paragraph, Site-Seeing
Links: Wrap them in Love, EtchASketch, Marie Webster Story, Interactive
Shapes Board Site, Car Handbags, More Fractals, Urban Legends Detector Site;
What's New Toy Box Baby Quilt Pattern free, Patches/Scrappy Photos.
November, 2003 - Short
& Scrappy Photos, Site-Seeing Links: Test Results of Fusible Web,
Terrell Designs, Clean Your Sewing Machine; What's New Baby Steps
December, 2003 - The
Buttonhole, Sew Natural, Henfeathers, Site-Seeing Links: Marsha McCloskey,
Porky Sings Christmas, Daily Devotional Site, Which Biological Molecule Are
You?, Nice Christmas Card
January, 2003 -
Bandana Quilt, Site-Seeing Links: Dancing Paul, ZeFrank.com, Chicken Purse
February, 2004 - Absolute Beginners' Series, Fine-Toothed Comb,
Site-Seeing Links: Color Trends, Quilters' Husband, Hand Quilting Frame,
Hypnotizing Balls
March, 2004 - Absolute
Beginners' Series completed, Site-Seeing Links: Kameleon Quilts, Note Pad
Graphics, The Original Laughing CAT; Christine's Cat Scan..ner
April, 2004 - Mary
Covey Feature, Site-Seeing Links: Fling the Cow, Owl Cam is Back, Tomato
Pincushion, Paint a Wall quilt
May, 2004 -Muskogee 2004 Quilt Show, Site-Seeing Links: Batting in
a Can, Many uses of Freezer Paper, Senses Test, Chiseled in Cloth. com, Boy
Scout songs, Pass the 3rd Grade, The Wedding Dress Guy; What's New:
Mystery Free
June, 2004 - Pups N
Pails, Site-Seeing Links: Serial Quilter, John Flynn's Backing Formula,
Are You As Old As You Feel?, Computer 101 Lessons, Office Supplies Attack,
Snoopy Happy Dance; What's New? Mystery of the Half Moons
July, 2004 - Quilt
Frame Corner Stands, Site-Seeing Links: Marvin the Martian, Organizing
Tips, Scouts Crafts for Summer, Baby Shade Tent, Liberty Fireworks
August, 2004 - Nine-Patch
Wonders II, Site-Seeing Links: Bargello Design Program, Freezer Paper
Project, HP Fabric Printing, Cow Tipper Game, Penguin Game, Paper Snowflakes,
Timed Typing Test, Penguin Slapping
September, 2004 - Inola
Independent article, Big MOVING day arrived, Site-Seeing Links: More kids'
craft projects, Every Cat Picture that Ever Was, Quilting Stencil Super Site,
National Quilting News Site.
October, 2004 - Workroom
curtains; Missing Scrappy Cat; Mystery Solved; Site-Seeing:
Curtains 101, Craftgard products, Curtain Instructions, Photo stamps, quilt
index ORG.
November, 2004 -
Site-Seeing: Handkerchief Magic, EQ challenge album, Amish Country Lanes
quilts for sale, Quilt Bus Halloween quilt story, The Boring Site
December, 2004 - Christmas
Cactus quilt top; New Starlight Sampler in the works; Site-Seeing: Mt. St.
Helens watch-cam, Bizarre Star Dance site, Painted Barns, Hummingbird nest;
Whitehouse Pan-cams; Carola Forsberg's Webshots Album
January, 2005 - Home
Sweet Mobile Home; Starlight Sampler 2005; QI Mall Crawl; Site-Seeing:
Lost Frog, the Real Story about the Frog, Super Stencil Site, quilt fiction, hieroglyphics,
colorful eye candy
February, 2005 - Carola's
Square Dance; New Mystery--Granny's Road Trip; Forum news; Site-Seeing:
Cat Screen-saver, Interactive quilt design creator, Dianne Johnston products,
Home projects site, Little Village Eye Candy, Road to California Show Winners,
Club Q's Star Challenge Entries, More Painted Barns
March, 2005 - Dutch
Blues; Quilting By the River, 2005; Forum news; Anilee's Mystery Travelers;
Site-Seeing: Paducah game, Wild Salmon on Parade, Patches the Horse,
Granny's Road Trip Online, Kona Coffee Contest, EQ's January Challenge
Results
April, 2005 - Baby
Hearts, Quilting By the River 2005, Forum news, Site-Seeing: New
Quilting Channel, Penguin Cam, Dover Weekly Sampler
May, 2005 - Nickel
Nines, Forum News, Favorite Things, Site-Seeing: Pretreated Fabric by the
Yard, the Dark Room, Buzzwhack, Shaken Faces, Po'boy Long Arm, Bubble Wrap, AQS
2005 Winners
June, 2005 - Sisters
In Stitches, Jenks Quilt Show Link, Forum News, Site-Seeing: Normal Test,
Bear Pyramid, Photo Stamps Again, Genuine Smile Test, Skunk Formula, Mercury
Template, Country Music, AQS Contest.
July, 2005 - Memorial
August, 2005 - Jenks
Quilt Show Pictures, Site-Seeing: Interactive Dancing Skeleton, Excuse
List, Texture Color Wheel, Men In Coats!, Duct Tape Clothing, Dog Humor Links
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