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| | | Quilts Surviving a Tornado! | | | Submitted by: Bonnie23 | May 14, 2008 | | | | | I learned this Mother's Day the strength of bond in a quilt. I live in south Georgia and my Mother's Day began by going to our favorite family restaurant for breakfast. Earlier than normal as there was threat of severe thunderstorms in our area by mid morning. Back at home we were monitoring the weather from our local (60 mi. away) tv station. Our meteorologist was bringing constant live updates and had spotted a supercell capable of a tornado about 12 mi west of our shop and it is about 3 mi. west of our home. Within minutes the clouds grew darker and darker and the rain began to pour. BAM, our cable and internet goes off the air. We immediately knew there was trouble! The equipment for cable and internet for our county was housed in the Industrial Park 650 feet from our shop. We own a Marine Sales and Service business. Minutes after and the cable still off the air, my husband got a call from a friend that lives near our business. "Come to your shop, a tornado just blew it away!" He rushed out not knowing what to expect and preparing for the worst. Or so he thought! He certainly was not prepared! I stayed behind to wait for the weather to settle off, because we have 4 dogs that live with us and are terrified of thunder and lightning! I shouldn't leave them, but I couldn't stay. I grabbed a jacket and started out with my husband on the phone saying "Please understand, there is nothing left of our building and boats are everywhere! Preparing for the worst, or so I thought! I certainly was not! Still raining and lightning popping in the area, I stared in utter disbelief! Where our shop stood on Saturday, a sparkling, clean concrete slab was left! As far as you could see there was devastation! A building between our shop the the cable substation was a rehabilitation center and had 20 to 30 people inside. Their building destroyed, but still there. With no warning of the coming storm, they had gathered in the center of the building for a church service. All of their lives were spared with a couple of broken arms and minor cuts and scrapes. I began to pace. Walking though engines with most missing parts nowhere to be found, boats cracked and turned upside down, and with the exception of a very few tools most things from our building reduced to unrecognizable rubble! Beams that required bucket and boom trucks to raise into place were bent double and tossed hundreds of feet into an open field. Power lines twisted hundreds if not a thousand times. Two of my quilts were in my office inside the building as well as some bolts of fabric. Still in shock and walking the path of the storm searching for anything to salvage. Picking up tools, fabrics that was unwound from the bolts and some still all wrapped up. I saw what appeared to be another boat off in the distance across a dirt road in the newly created trail from the storm. The National Weather Service later measured this boat to be over 2000 yards from our shop. I made my way to the area to see if I could recognize anything there. As I scanned the area, I saw what appeared to be another bolt of fabric. Still raining I bogged though ankle deep water and discovered it was one of my quilts! Wrapped around the tree and twisted in briers, but I gently pulled it to safety! The queen size quilt, soaking wet and looked like it had been dragged through a mud pit was in one piece! Quilt in arms and against my white T Shirt and a black jacket, blue jeans with water dripping out of them and water sloshing out of my shoes. I headed straight for my truck. Between shock and adrenaline, I carried that quilt nearly 1 mile without breaking stride - straight to the bed of our truck. As friends arrived and joined the salvage effort, the other quilt was found under some debris in the same state as the other. Near the second quilt was more bolts of fabric. I called a friend to pick up the quilts to be rinsed before the hot sun set the dirt and grime in permanently. I haven't gotten them back yet, but they survived with a few small tears and a couple of stains that may not come out. I washed some of the fabric last night and am washing more as I write tonight (or morning). It is truly amazing to me that the fury of this storm ripped apart over 8000 pound boats, yet I still have my quilts and hopefully can salvage enough fabric to make a "Tornado Quilt". I suppose the same strong bond that binds quilters, shares the same magic in their quilts! | | |  |
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| | | The Bluebirds are ready for SPRING! | | | Submitted by: Margo | May 08, 2008 | | | |  | | | | We don't have any pets any longer, but I do have two bird boxes for wild birds in the yard. We almost always have 2-3 clutches of Bluebirds in one box, and the other is up for grabs to whoever gets it first. Sometimes wrens, sometimes chickadees, sometimes nuthatches. From what I can tell so far it looks like there will be Bluebirds in both boxes this year, and the start of nest building is always a promise that warm weather will soon be here! | | | |
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| | | Bobbie's Quilt | | | Submitted by: Caitlin | May 08, 2008 | | | |  | | | In late 2004 my father was diagnosed with leukemia. The therapy through winter and summer of 2005 was a roller coaster ride. There were days I wasn't sure if he was going to make it. Dad was in hospital for 2 months straight that winter and he and my mother had to live in our local metropolitan city during the later half of his therapy as he had to be close to the clinic. The day they were able to return home was a triumph.
Early that fall Quilter's Newletter Magazine published a pattern utilizing peoples hand prints to make a quilt. I latched onto that, drew up a list of participants and started slicing up blocks of fabric. The mail went out and started flowing back in at a good rate. Reading not only the endearments family and friend had written on the blocks themselves but the notes that came back to me had me in tears a lot! By Christmas The quilt, now 8x8 feet, was stitched in the ditch but had yet to be quilted or bound.
Dad opened it up Christmas morning and was overcome with emotion. While it was not my intent, it was the 3rd time I've ever seen my father cry. All that expression of love, hope and healing in one place was very intense.
The wonderful news is that dad is still in remission. He and my mother just bought a house 2 blocks from us, making me very happy. | | | |
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| | | Quilt Pink Auction Supports Breast Cancer Research | | | Submitted by: quiltpinkauction | May 08, 2008 | | | |  | | | The 2008 campaign, now in full-swing, hopes to build on the momentum of the previous year and set record breaking fundraising results. Here is your chance to join the combined efforts of thousands of quilters, merchants and fundraisers who are making a difference. The Quilt Pink auction will be starting May 7, 2008 and will conclude in November. With the assistance of Auctionwire, the premiere online auction agency, hundreds of quilts will be available for auction. New this year, you’ll be able to hear about the quilts and the personal stories behind them. Net proceeds from Quilt Pink benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure campaign. For more details about the auction, visit www.quiltpink.givingroom.com.
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race of the Cure, they have invested early $1 billion to fulfill their promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org. | | | |
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| | | March 16, 2008 | | Desiree's Birthday Quilt by NancyAnn1959 | | | | | March 13, 2008 | | Rosa Parks Quilt Debuts at the MLKing Library by waltzquilt | | | Love & Life by BBGirl | | | | | March 12, 2008 | | If you wait long enough . . . dreams do come true. by ajclapp | | | | | March 11, 2008 | | Quilts for Kurdistan Orphans by scwalanna | | | | | March 08, 2008 | | OMG... fleece and fake fur? by Quilter79 | | | | | December 29, 2007 | | Finally, a real surprise. by eyeonquilts | | | | | December 26, 2007 | | First place with quilt African Equator! by Eugenie | | | | | December 20, 2007 | | Irene's (Mostly Purple) UFO's by NancyAnn1959 | | | | | November 27, 2007 | | Phoenix Rises from the Ashes by dphock | | | | | November 26, 2007 | | Stew Bunny's Garden by SandiMako | | | | | November 07, 2007 | | The Gift of Memory by littleflower | | | | | September 19, 2007 | | Never too young to start by LufftoCraft | | | | | August 15, 2007 | | Creating Connections with Stories and Fabric by TQSWizard | | | | | August 11, 2007 | | Where it all begins. by Bonnie23 | | | | | August 10, 2007 | | Quilt Odyssey 2007 by marysu4 | | | | | July 31, 2007 | | Road Trip by quiltedkathy | | | | | July 23, 2007 | | A New Day by MaryRinWI | | | | | July 12, 2007 | | Quilting Has Gone to the Dogs by pabozem | | | | | July 08, 2007 | | Don't Give Up by lilyf | | | | | July 07, 2007 | | Lorens quilt by QueenNonna | | | | | June 25, 2007 | | My Bernina by Kaypeaye | | | Takes a droppin and keeps on sewin by mascyn | | | Making a difference by KnottyQuilter | | | | | June 18, 2007 | | TQS Member Has Harrowing Trip To Retreat by TQSWizard | | | | | June 15, 2007 | | My 15 minutes of fame by sewcolorful | | | | | June 14, 2007 | | Carla's surprise by Ibereeree | | | | | June 13, 2007 | | The Little Quilts That Could!! by SDQUILTER | | | | | June 07, 2007 | | My Brother's Keeper "SLEEPING BAG PROJECT" by NancyinSTL | | | | | May 13, 2007 | | 12 days of Christmas topiary by ravels | | | DIVAS by marit | | | A Kindegartener's Nine Patch by quiltnmama | | | | | April 21, 2007 | | Betty's quilt by richandrita | | | | | April 20, 2007 | | Friends for a Cure by sunshinequilts | | | | | April 19, 2007 | | Don's memory Quilt by maryw | | | | | April 14, 2007 | | An Exciting Surprise by pknord | | | | | March 31, 2007 | | Year of the Boar by Koala58 | | | | | March 28, 2007 | | Fish Tales by angelinejovan | | | | | March 27, 2007 | | Mark McGuire by MarietNieskens | | | | | March 26, 2007 | | A Quilt for Our Soldier Son by annasgirl | | | | | March 25, 2007 | | He waited 4 years.... by MarietNieskens | | | | | March 24, 2007 | | A Mother's Love by PatternGridGal | | | | | March 20, 2007 | | The Most Embarrassing Mom on the Baseball Team by mrs-mookie | | | | | March 17, 2007 | | The Tale of a Quilting Nightmare by Pattiwatti | | | | | March 14, 2007 | | The Story of Rutledge Red by sewraysofjoy | | | Quitling B by kayzwart | | | Comfort for a Soldier's Son by SandiMako | | | | | March 13, 2007 | | 1000 Cranes by florence | | | | | March 06, 2007 | | Trash to Treasure by RickyTims | | | | | January 08, 2007 | | Scrappy Log Cabin by RickyTims | | | | | December 30, 2006 | | The Young Grandma by Pat Pollock by RickyTims | | | | | April 13, 1200 | | The Twelve Days of Christmas by Margo | |
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