Meteor Blades' quilt, layered and pin basted for quilting. The star is now completely hand quilted. Next comes the red background.
I was planning to wait until after the election to write this diary -- but two urgent quilt requests have come in -- one for Yasuragi and one for byardl. Both are in terrible pain. UPDATE: A third urgent request has come in. Dangoch's wife of 39 years has had a reocurrence of breast cancer, now in her neck, chest, rib and brain. But before we can turn to these, we have two quilts that are undersubscribed to finish first. I hope we can do that this evening!
The first is for edgery who broke her ankle at NN14 and then suffered a spiral break of a finger when she fell while learning to use her crutches. Both injuries required surgery and she is going to be recovering for a long time.
We are short 10 messages and $16 for edgery's quilt.
PAYPAL LINK FOR EDGERY'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
The second is for Perfect Stormer who was born with only one functioning kidney. Now that kidney has failed him and he needs a transplant.
We are short 7 messages and $27 for Perfect Stormer's quilt
PAYPAL LINK FOR PERFECT STORMER'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
Meteor Blades' quilt, in the hoop
For those who may be unfamiliar with community quilts, they are a type of friendship quilt. We collect short messages in the comments and I transcribe them in archival ink on muslin. Then, my sister and create a colorful quilt around the messages. These are crowdfunded, usually $15 per message -- although some give more to cover for messages from those who cannot afford to donate. The result is pretty powerful -- all the loving words from many people caught in a colorful blanket. Creating these is also a living for my sister and me for which we are very grateful.
Baby quilt we made for Faith Gardner, of the Daily Kos staff. We take such commissions!
These people have left messages for edgery so far:
1. high uintas
2. BCO gal
3. One Pissed Off Liberal
4. Pam from Calif
5. sterno
6. MsSpentyouth
7. mugobeer
8. linkage
9. DoReMi
10. brillig, mik and thatkid
11. Sara R
12. Spedwybabs
13. Michelewln
14. GottaLaff
15. Blue Girl
16. Elana Levin
17. Kitsap River and Charles CurtisStanley
18. Louisiana 1976
19. LuLu
20. maggiejean
21. newpioneer
22. cfk
23. llbear
24. Ooooh
25. ZenTrainer
high uintas' quilt, showing the backing
These people have left messages for Perfect Stormer so far:
1. LuLu
2. Pam from Calif
3. Louisiana 1976
4. Winglion
5. Llbear
6. Ooooh
7. BeadLady
8. terrypinder
9. shermanesq
10. mrsdbrown
11. SabDuegiDen
12. gloriana
13. BeninSC
14. texasmom
15. brillig
16. high uintas
17. BlackSheep1
18. MsSpentyouth
19. Spedwybabs
20. Common Sense Mainer & Bill in Portland Maine
21. Jnfr
22. Kitsap River
23. 4freedom
24. BeadLady
25. Arenosa
26. Dmb0857
27. navajo
28. Café Wellstone
29. Damnit Janet
Betty inspects high uintas' quilt -- it passed with flying colors
As you can see from the top photograph, we are hard at work on Meteor Blades' quilt. Otherwise, we are caught up except for the quilts we are collecting for tonight!
1. othniel (cellulitis and ensuing complications, RIP)
2. exmearden (cancer of heart and lung, RIP)
3. MsSpentyouth (brain tumor)
4. Moe99 (lung cancer, RIP)
5. Michelle Caudle (ovarian cancer, RIP)
6. BFSkinner (lupus)
7. Kitsap River (long wait for kidney donor that ended 2/18/11)
8. Frederick Clarkson (blood clots)
9. Dreaming of Better Days (lymphoma)
10. one bite at a time (lost house and belongings to fire)
11. Timroff (cellulitis)
12. Sol Fed Joe (multiple cancers and health problems)
13. Brubs (AIDS, immune reconstitution syndrome)
14. rserven (gall bladder infection with dangerous complications)
15. grndrush (brain tumor, RIP)
16. ImpeachKingBushII (needs liver transplant)
17. andsarahtoo (lupus)
18. Frank Cocozzelli (muscular dystrophy)
19. luvsathoroughbred (breast cancer)
20. Predictor (stroke and HIV)
21. Austex54 (caretaker to othniel)
22. Theodore Olbermann, RIP
23. cskendrick (antibiotic resistant infection)
24. Keith Olbermann (caregiver to father)
25. Juan (cancer, RIP)
26. Ana (a young horse belonging to Juan, hit by truck)
27. MA Liberal’s mother (Alzheimer’s)
28. Charles CurtisStanley (caretaker to Kitsap River)
29. Lorikeet (cervical cancer)
30. Dr. Lori (metastatic cancer)
31. ulookarmless (cancer, heart condition, stroke, RIP)
32. riverlover (caregiver to husband suffering from liver failure, now widowed)
33. Melody Townsel (caregiver to dying father, now deceased)
34. dadanation (AIDS)
35. Dr. William F. Harrison (leukemia, RIP)
36. Larry Bailey (sudden loss of partner to heart attack)
37. ramara (adopted son with fetal alcohol syndrome)
38. Noor B (herniated disk from car accident)
39. Louisiana 1976 (fibromyalgia, severe arthritis, depression)
40. stumpy (MS, stroke, RIP)
41. bleeding heart's niece (cancer, RIP)
42. escapee (failure of corneal surgery)
43. SarahLee (lymphoma, Lyme Disease)
44. Bustergirl (ovarian cancer)
45. mimi's niece (cancer, RIP)
46. ZenTrainer (breast cancer)
47. Miss Blue (severe injury to shoulder, anxiety over coverage for surgery)
48. Granny Doc (bladder cancer, RIP)
49. mango (heart attack)
50. nudger (ovarian cancer, RIP)
51. DaNang65 (heart condition)
52. Lt. Choi (exhaustion)
53. Nurse Kelley (spinal stenosis)
54. Ben Masel (lung cancer, RIP)
55. Otterary Scribe (caregiver, grieving grandfather, grieving widower)
56. Aji (autoimmune diseases incl. fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, & Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome)
57. JaxDem (suddenly widowed)
58. DavidW (AIDS and other undiagnosed illness)
59. Jester the Marine (facing amputation of leg)
60. peregrine kate (endometrial cancer)
61. mimi (grief due to family illnesses)
62. alliedoc (endometrial cancer, RIP)
63. labwitchy (diffuse scleroderma)
64. Daily Kos (celebrating community)
65. belinda ridgewood (sudden loss of her mother)
66. princesspat (blood clots, deep vein thrombosis)
67. Scott Olsen (severe head injury)
68. SensibleShoes (caring for sister with brain cancer)
69. Joanna (cancer)
70. cany (grieving caretaker of mother with dementia)
71. Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (breast cancer)
72. Scottie Thomaston (intense chronic pain from spine, kidney stones)
73. paradise50 (throat cancer)
74. woodtick (caregiver to mother with Alzheimer's)
75. BeninSC (mulitple fractures from bicycle accident)
76. Adrian (colon cancer)
77. Smoh (breast cancer, stroke, depression)
78. slksfca (sudden onset of arthritis requiring hip replacement)
79. arizonablue (grief and exhaustion)
80. Lorikeet (grieving widow - this quilt was a gift from the Rescue Rangers)
81. remembrance (breast cancer) and Glen the Plumber (her caregiver)
82. MassHarry (colon cancer, RIP)
83. Regina in a Sears Kit House (severe immune problems from Lyme Disease)
84. nannyboz (grief for father, crippling back pain requiring surgery)
85. raina (grief)
86. earicicle (breast cancer)
87. AntKat (cancers of the throat, RIP)
88. Alma (breast cancer)
89. DarkHawk98 (lung cancer)
90. llbear (brittle diabetic)
91. michelewin (grief and trauma)
92. Dave in Northridge (grieving widower)
93. racheltracks (complications from knee surgery)
94. Ebby (grief and stress)
95. Leaves on the Current (cancer)
96. Carol in San Antonio (cancer)
97. commonmass (grieving widower)
98. Clytemnestra (DES daughter, debilitating abdominal pain and bleeding)
99. Oke (survived life threatening pulmonary infection, COPD, depression)
100. shanikka (diverticulitis, intestinal abscess and life threatening infection)
101. Serpents Choice (grief)
102. smarx (caregiver to mother who has dementia)
103. FloridaSNMOM (COPD, chronic pain, anxiety over access to health care)
104. Timaeus (enormous hernia requiring major surgery)
105. paradox (cyclic vomiting syndrome, PTSD, depression)
106. UnaSpenser (Lyme Disease)
107. LoreleiHI (reversals of fortune, homelessness, hearing loss, PTSD)
108. Vetwife (caregiver to husband and other family members)
109. namvetkato (PTSD, Agent Orange related illnesses including heart disease, spinal stenosis, and intense chronic pain)
110. Annalize5 (lung cancer, diabetes and other chronic ailments)
111. The Packhorse (heart disease and diabetes) and irishwitch (caregiver)
112. Phil N DeBlanc (grieving widower)
113. hopeful (breast cancer)
114. 2thanks (caregiver to wife)
115. Unit Zero (throat cancer)
116. triciawyse (childhood abuse survivor, seizure disorder, sadness, reversal of fortunes)
117. newpioneer (grieving the passing of his husband, Juan)
118. high uintas (sister is slipping into dementia)
See also these three posts about the community quilt project:
KosAbility: A Virtual Quilt for Sara and Ann, from Community Quilt recipients
We Have Something to Say to YOU, Sara R and winglion!
Community Quilt FlashMob Brightens up NN13
Community Quilt Testimonial Videos
remembrance
Dave in Northridge
ramara
paradise50
shanikka
cskendrick
hopeful's quilt, showing the backing (the daffodil is her totem)
These quilts are planned:
Yasuragi (injuries from car crash, ruptured tendon, broken hand)
byardl (fibromyalgia, pnuemonia, caregiver to critically ill husband who is a blind, amputee, diabetic veteran)
dangoch's wife (metastatic breast cancer)
Mrs. badger (grieving widow)
TrueBlueMajority (abiding grief)
MA Liberal (caretaker to her mother who has dementia)
Ellinorianne (rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia)
MsGrin (life long heart problems requiring multiple surgeries)
PAYPAL LINK FOR EDGERY'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
PAYPAL LINK FOR PERFECTSTORMER'S QUILT - THANK YOU!
Boots says, "Thank you for supporting community quilts!"
Namaste.