Today's quilt show was brought to you by Pamela Thompson and her lovely friends in the Alexandra area in Victoria. Pamela isn't a quilter but wanted to gather donated quilts to bring comfort to people who've been significantly impacted by the recent floods. She put out a call for quilts and received 35 lovely quilts and asked me to distribute them for her.
Although people won't be able to accept quilts for some time as they won't usually have clean storage, but it's important to put out the call early so people can make larger quilts.
Mary Anne Rooney from Bendigo has offered to be a drop off point for quilters in her area and she will help me with delivery. We're also very happy that we're working with Norma Aitken and Waverley Patchworkers to run this quilt drive.
We're starting with distribution in Rochester as they were also devastated by floods in 2011 and hopefully we'll receive enough quilts to also include other areas which have been impacted.
I've spent the weekend sewing on labels, taking photos and packing quilts and I am very grateful for all of your support.
Hugs, Jan Mac xx
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