The Garden Angel Quilt is now finished and was unveiled last weekend at the KYRU. There are several threads floating around with bits and pieces of information, so I'm putting everything on one thread to make things easier.
Last Spring, member LimeyLisa suggested that a quilt to benefit the Garden Angel Fund might be a great project for some of us to do. She worked up a design, and I went and bought fabric. Quilters signed on and we had ourselves a project.
For those who are not familiar with the Garden Angel Fund, it's a special account set up to pay for subscription of members in need, or for our international friends who might find the rate of exchange too steep to afford. There have been projects to raise money for this fund, most recently was Ursula's gift of seeds from Chile for GA donations.
The quilters were given 4 pieces of fabric and everyone created a floral quilt block. These were sent to LimeyLisa who constructed the quilt top and sent it to KY, where YoYo1 quilted it. We had originally decided to machine quilt it, but when she saw this beautiful labor of love, she knew that it deserved hand quilting.
The quilters involved were
LimeyLisa
Melody
Kathleen
Hostanquilts
YoYo1
Elsie
Heather_v
Tickets are
5.00 for 1
20.00 for 5
50.00 for 12
Make checks payable
[Dave removed this section since the time has passed]
You can also use Pay Pal to purchase tickets. These will be electronic tickets that will be placed in a 'cyber hat'.The winner will be generated by an electronic drawing, and we will hold the raffle open till Dec 1
Dave will be along to answer any questions that I can't.
Here's a picture of the quilt.
Garden Angel Fund Quilt raffle
GREAT!
Good to find this thread...will be sending my check out this week! What a wonderful chapter/episode in the life of DG. Love it!
Love the quilt! Whomever(whoever???) wins it will be so proud . I'm buy tickets and think everyone will. Lou
Here I am showing the quilt to Sami....she lives just 2 miles south of the VA line in NC. I will be leaving for the WEST tomorrow. I may get to see some of you. Get you tickets on this quilt before it sticks to my fingers!!! It would love to reside at my home....but, Alas! I promised I'd drop it off with Dave & Trish! LOL Jo
Stan was asking where you and the quilt had gotten to just this morning. I'll tell him that you are still posting pics, so haven't absconded with it yet!
Tell Stan that I do appreciate the concern....for the quilt!~!! LOL Jo
Bringing that quilt by here, right? DW would love to see that piece of art!
'Shoe....get your money ready...I'll be by tomorrow. Leaving Sami's in the morning...should be there in time for a TEA break. Jo
Shoe, you make sure she carries that quilt on with her!
I'll post when she gets here...and let you see my new quilt, er, uhhh...I mean THE quilt!
I have an account with paypal. How do I pay for these tix on paypal?? When I went to paypal to try sending the payment, it asks for email address for recipient; and that would be??
I could just send a check, but, lol...I'm saving all my stamps for plant/seed trades!!
Help is appreciated!
Beth
p.s. Hiya, RR!! It looks like our weather has finally settled down; I think it's safe for ya to plan a trip to FL!!
I'm so proud of the response that the quilt is getting...I just wish everyone could see it in person.
Don't forget to mention that it's for the quilt tickets, and include your username when you send the paypal! :)
dave
Thank you, thank you!! Will do...
That quilt is just beautiful...I know how much time & effort went into that. What a lovely, generous idea you all came up with...
Beth
well, I'm home...and with the QUILT!! Dave and I couldn't connect.....does this mean that I get to keep it?? LOL Just kidding...I'll be mailing it to Dave & Trish soon. Jo
Stan suspects a plot here! He's so suspicious.
Jo, go over to Cool Climates and the So It Begins thread and scroll down - there's a picture of the view from the front porch.
How neat! Great idea for 'sticky threads' thanks to all who were involved!
Tickets will be sold for the quilt until Dec 1.....get yours soon!
How are we doing for sales and funding the Angel Fund?
Quilt raffle total as of this morning is at 785.00....that's just the quilt...nothing else.
(and I added it without an adding machine...so I may be off by a little....but not much..We're closing in on 800.00 any way you look at it)
Let's go gang! Let's push the total over the 1000.00 mark!
Like.....WOW! I know we can do it....*chug chug*...Jo
The PayPal option is great. It's seamless (pun intended...) Thanks for doing this.
Shannon
What a gorgeous quilt!! who all had a hand in making this?? It is simply awesome!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/455318/
Hi Pebble, glad you like the quilt. here's the last thread over in Crafts where we finished it. It gives close-ups of the blocks and tells who made them.
I've seen it in person and it's stunning. What a delight to have such talented folks on this website.
You guys (All DGers) are just amazing. What a lovely quilt. For such a great fund.
What size is it? Baby crib or single bed size. Can't quite work that out.
The NALS (North American Lily Soc) has a tie which is auctioned off each year, with proceeds going to research for the dread lily beetle. The winner gets to wear the tie for a year, then has to bring it back to be reauctioned again. It is a really fun thing to do.
Inanda
Inanda,
The quilt is actually wall hanging size. And let me tell you, the pictures posted in NO WAY do it justice!! It is absolutely beautiful!!!
Trish
How many tickets have been sold now? I know the deadline will be here before we know it.
Actual measurments are 39 1/2" x 50"
There is a sleeve on the back for a rod to go in for hanging. It is meant for a wall hanging piece of 'art' and hopefully Trish is enjoying it's stay in Texas in just this manner.
Just ran across this thread. WOW, what lovely work you ladies have done. What a cool idea to replenish the Angel Fund. My check is on the way.
what does "sticky" mean, at the top of the thread, on the left????????
It means it's 'sticking' to the top of all the threads and doesn't go down as posts are made on it.
ok - it could have implied something else, so I wanted to check, lol! I can't afford to do the raffle right now anyways, so I guess it doesn't matter. But it is beautiful - and I'm happy to see such high proceeds coming from the hard work and talent that went into it!
I happy to see such a high level of quilting skills. I glad that quilting is alive and going strong, my happiest moments were sitting by my mom watching her quilt for hours, she made one a year. Carasulady2
Any update on how much money raised so far?
820.00 as of today.
Still have a good shot at going over the 1000.00 mark before Dec. 1....
That's the cut off date gang....get your checks to Dave and Trish before then!
Hmmmm. it's only creeping up sloooowly.
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