Quilts 4 Leukaemia

Jen (Hedgehog) and I have been talking with Clare about trying to organise a way to help out with the 'nuts and bolts' parts of her quilts. Lots of quilters have very kindly sent blocks, but batting and backing fabric are also needed to complete them.

We talked about lots of different options, but as Clare is in France there are obvious logistical problems, and of course postage costs. We thought of collecting money for a bulk order of batting to be sent from the US, we enquired at French LQStores, and so on. In the end we found that at Quilter's Quarter, an online store in the US, there is an option to buy a Gift Certificate that can be emailed to Clare, which she could then use to buy batting and backing fabric. Quilter's Quarter accepts PayPal, and we agreed that quilters, if they were able to donate, would be confident that their donation would go toward quilting supplies and not toward a bottle of wine! (Clare does live in France!)

There is a US$10 Gift Certificate, but if this were too much I hope that Quilter's Quarter would be happy to accommodate a combined payment from 2 quilters for example. Don't quote me on that, but so far they have been very helpful with my many enquires. I regularly buy fabric from them and they have been very reliable posting to Australia.

Please consider this a suggestion only, and don't feel any pressure to donate. If you haven't been to Clare's Quilts4Leukaemia blog, please have a look. The young people that she has made quilts for have been very grateful to receive them, and many have blogs so you can follow their progress. David, the recipient of the first Quilt passed away recently.

Thanks for considering helping out, and for Clare's email address please visit her blog profile. She will give you her snail mail address which is also required by the store.

One More

The left overs of the extra fabric I had to cut to finish the other one.

Symmetry

You learn - or confirm - a lot about yourself just by doing everyday things, don't you? I thought I'd kickstart myself by making some red and white blocks to send to France. I don't have much red fabric, nor do I have ANY white, except for this piece of plain white. I cut 1 strip of each fabric, and thought "I'll make the block with this, and if there isn't enough I'll make do". This is the end result.

I couldn't do it. I put it aside and carried on with another block, but kept looking at it, thinking "there are no quilt police. I can make a block like this if I want to. There are no rules". But I couldn't cope. I thought about it while I kept on sewing. I felt bad that my crochet rug was not symmetrical, but those who commented said they liked asymmetry. Or did the asymetrical people comment, and the symmetrical people silently agree? I'm ok with the rug, but I still look at it and notice. I do have obsessive compulsive tendencies, but I thought the medication was working well - obviously not well enough LOL!

I had to re-do the block. This is the most 'comfortable' I could make it using the least amount of extra fabric. Perhaps this is why I am not an art quilter, too uncomfortable.