Cross posted at Community Quilt Project
peregrine kate's quilt in draft
We've been asked to assemble a "love catcher" quilt for the Daily Kos offices, filled with messages from you. Add something inspirational to a keepsake for the whole community!
Check out the backing fabric we found...in orange, no less!
Backing fabric for Daily Kos quilt
Kos is chipping in for the lion's share of this quilt -- but I think others will want to contribute to its making, too. If you would like to contribute, here is a PayPal link -- or message me for an address if you prefer checks. A bit of this quilt will belong to you, too! This is a community effort.
Jester's quilt
We have 51 messages so far from the following people:
1. navajo
2. GlowNZ
3. cfk in the Thumb of Michigan
4. blueyedace2 (47832)
5. Wee Mama
6. Angelajean
7. Dallasdoc
8. Cali Scribe
9. Birdbrain64
10. Kjoftherock
11. rserven
12. arizonablue
13. Crashing Vor
14. Otteray Scribe
15. Lightbulb
16. Nurse Kelley
17. Chun Yang
18. JaxDem
19. Srkp23
20. Ekaterin
21. Christin
22. side pocket
23. ramara
24. Llbear
25. Betty Pinson
26. Miss Blue
27. escapee
28. shermanesq
29. x
30. DavidW
31. Smileycreek
32. Noor B
33. Lorikeet
34. cosmic debris
35. Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse
36. mimi
37. FRubyr
38. blue jersey mom
39. one bite at a time
40. mrsdbrown1
41. Casey
42. meralda
43. Texasmom
44. govib
45. Operculum
46. Kaili Joy Gray
47. slksfca
48. vgranucci
49. Bluesheep
50. the Venthooligans
51. eeff
Jester's quilt, showing the backing
These are the community quilts we have made to date:
othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications)
exmearden (cancer of heart and lung, RIP)
MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
Moe99 (lung cancer)
Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer)
BFSkinner (lupus)
Kitsap River (long wait for kidney donor that ended 2/18/11)
Frederick Clarkson (blood clots)
Dreaming of Better Days (lymphoma)
one bite at a time (lost house and belongings to fire)
Timroff (cellulitis)
Sol Fed Joe (multiple cancers and health problems)
Brubs (AIDS, immune reconstitution syndrome)
rserven (gall bladder infection with dangerous complications)
grndrush (brain tumor, RIP)
ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
andsarahtoo (lupus)
Frank Cocozzelli (muscular dystrophy)
luvsathoroughbred (breast cancer)
Predictor (stroke and HIV)
Austex54 (caretaker to othniel)
Theodore Olbermann, RIP
cskendrick (antibiotic resistant infection)
Keith Olbermann (caregiver to father)
Juan (cancer)
Ana (a young horse belonging to Juan, hit by truck)
MA Liberal’s mother (Alzheimer’s)
Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
Lorikeet (cervical cancer)
Dr. Lori (metastatic cancer)
ulookarmless (cancer, heart condition, stroke)
riverlover (caregiver to husband suffering from liver failure, now widowed)
Melody Townsel (caregiver to dying father, now deceased)
dadanation (AIDS)
Dr. William F. Harrison (leukemia, RIP)
Larry Bailey (sudden loss of partner to heart attack)
ramara (adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome)
Noor B (herniated disk from car accident)
Louisiana 1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
stumpy (MS, stroke, RIP)
bleeding heart's niece (cancer, RIP)
escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
SarahLee (lymphoma, Lyme Disease)
Bustergirl (ovarian cancer)
mimi's niece (cancer)
ZenTrainer (breast cancer)
Miss Blue (severe injury to shoulder, anxiety over coverage for surgery)
Granny Doc (bladder cancer)
mango (heart attack)
nudger (ovarian cancer, RIP)
DaNang65 (heart condition)
Lt. Choi (exhaustion)
Nurse Kelley (spinal stenosis)
Ben Masel (lung cancer, RIP)
Otterary Scribe (caregiver and grieving grandfather)
Aji (chronic pain from autoimmune diseases including fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, and Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome)
JaxDem (suddenly widowed)
DavidW (AIDS and other undiagnosed illness)
Jester the Marine (facing amputation of leg)
DavidW's quilt, showing the backing
We are assembling peregrine kate's quilt top today -- her quilt will be done soon. We are still collecting messages for alliedoc -- I will post another diary for her this weekend.
Our quilt inspector, Goldie
Quilts are planned for:
Sensible Shoes (caring for sister with brain cancer)
Plutonium Page (pulmonary embolisms, pulmonary infarction)
MsGrin (life long heart problems requiring multiple surgeries)
UnaSpensor (Lyme disease)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
paradox (cyclical vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
Stranded Wind (Lyme Disease and other health issues)
woodtick (caretaker to mother who has Alzheimer's)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
Joanneleon (Lyme disease)
Boots says, "Thank you for supporting the community quilts!"
PAYPAL LINK FOR THE DAILY KOS COMMUNITY QUILT - THANK YOU!
Namaste