Quilt Drive

Well - my new baby quilt has left.... such sadness.  I love that the quilt has gone to a home where it is loved.... but I am so sad to see son and DIL leave.. the gaps always seem so long - next time I see them they will be parents.... which is very exciting.

I live just outside Toowoomba where the town was slashed by a torrent of rain.... just a few kilometres down the range the inland tsunami tore through the valley completely  ripping it apart.  Those who were lucky had 7 minutes to get to their roof-tops...... sadly there are too many who were not able.  A number of deaths have been reported and still so many missing.... There are so many houses destroyed and many of them have been left with only the foundation block.  We now have lots of families having to rebuild their lives - emotionally, physically, financially and materially......

There are a number of fabulous activities going on to support (I have included some of these on my right sidebar) - this is one that is specific to our local community...

Marion, who owns one of my favourite local quilting stores ~ The Quilters Angel ~ is running a Quilt Drive to make quilts.  I quote from their leaflet:

"As you are aware, many in our community, (Granthan, Murphy's Creek and Toowoomba) have lost their homes and everything they own.  We would like to help by donating quilts made with love as they begin to rebuild their lives.

We will open our Work Room to all patchworkers to bring along their machine and thread (and fabric if you wish) to create quilt tops which will then be quilted and given to the flood victims.

There are no restrictions on size, and quilts can be made for babies, children, teenagers, and adults.

We will be providing fabric, however if yo cannot make it to a sewing session but would still like to help, donations of fabric and sewing supplies would be greatly appreciated.

(100% cotton only - no smaller than 4")

You can find the article on their blog HERE

I had a chat to Marion this morning - she has done such a lot of work contacting suppliers who have been incredibly generous, and she and her daughter have been busy making up kits so people can just arrive and get down to work.

I know so many of you are already doing one activity or another but if you are able to support this in any way it will be greatly appreciated.... maybe someone knows of a supplier who can send in some wadding, or threads, or fabric ..... It will not be wasted.  Spreading the word about this activity and linking back to the Quilters Angel would be fantastic too.

My thoughts are with people in othre parts of Australia where floods are happening - also floods in Sri Lanka and a landslide in Brazil ..... so many tragic events taking place

Thanks.... hoping for a safe and happy weekend to all of you...