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I have to get my favorite quilt cleaned and I don't want it to go to the dry cleaners. They never really get things clean. Can I put it in the washing machine?
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
Patchwork Quilt Salutes Fallen U.S. Military Women
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008 – A red, white and blue patchwork quilt commemorating the 113 U.S. military women who’ve died during the global war on terrorism was unveiled for public view at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial today. (Left to right) Donna J. Birtwistle, Mavis Olsen, Marlene Wallace and Penny Eakin stand before their patchwork quilt at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, Sept. 17, 2008. The quilt honors military women who’ve died during the global war on terrorism. Defense Dept. photo by Gerry J. Gilmore (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The hand-sewn...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
Artist Activist Covers Old Gas Station with Huge Quilt
Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and inspired activist came up with an idea — to cover the gas station with a colossal handmade blanket in a way that would bring greater attention to the world's dependency on oil. ''I really tried to find a good balance of art and politics. I don't want it to be just a political statement. And I don't want it to just be a sculpture,'' said the 27-year-old...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
For survivor, quilt tells story of a horrific time (Holocaust Quilt)
FORT HUACHUCA — Quilts are pieces of cloth sewn together that in many cases tell history. But not all are designed to remember happy times. For Rosa Freund, the quilt she recently completed looks back on when she and others lived through the tyranny of Nazism. A Holocaust survivor who started her life in concentration camps when she was 17 years old, Freund gathered patches from friends and then created a quilt to be a silent witness of those terrible days more than six decades ago when she was taken from her home on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungary. One...
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Crazy Quilt Sells for $11,100 on eBay
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
Quilters' Busy Hands Can't Quite Keep Up With Deaths in Iraq
The war in Iraq is racing ahead of Jan Lang's good intentions. In 2003, around the time President Bush declared major combat operations to be over, Mrs. Lang and a group of military mothers pledged to provide a handmade, personalized quilt for the next of kin of every U.S. serviceman and woman killed in Iraq. It seemed like a manageable task when the death toll stood around 250. --Snip-- But she vows to keep quilting, inspired by those moments when a quilt reaches its intended recipient just when it's needed the most. Betsy Beard of Chapel Hill, N.C., got hers...
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Remembrance quilt (Sept 11, 2001)
Remembrance quilt The many faces of those who perished on 9/11 touch many hearts Wisconsin work on display here By Erin Sullivan July 22, 2005 Lois Jarvis was sitting in her basement studio on Sept. 11, 2001, sewing sweet, smiling faces for greeting cards. She's a deadline person and waited until the last minute to do the cards, which were being picked up the next day. She couldn't stop, so she kept working, crying and sewing as she watched the news of the terrorist attacks unfold. As the World Trade Center towers fell, and thousands of people died, Jarvis...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
Marine Comfort Quilts
Here's the info: Marine Comfort Quilt Group is a not for profit ministry whose objective is to provide a memorial quilt of comfort to the next of kin of our fallen military. Our quilts are made from thirty quilt squares, each containing an inspirational message from it's donor or another serviceman. Our quilts are stitches of love from those who want so badly to bring comfort, but don't know how to help. Our Marine Comfort Quilt Group has now decided to take on a greater project. With the War on Iraq, we have lost many Marines. Our initial project was...
Published on Sunday 5th of September 2010 12:35:22 AM
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