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News of The 70273 Project with a side of Jeanne’s Barefoot Heart

The Quilt Pattern Magazine

September 19, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

two red X's made of fabric on while fabric

Writer’s block: gone.
Article: in.

When Barbara Douglas asked me to submit an article to The Quilt Pattern Magazine, I was over the moon honored. When I hit a bad case of writer’s block just before the deadline, I was (and still am) deeply grateful for the patience, understanding, encouragement, and guidance Barbara gifted me. She’s a busy woman who didn’t have time to wait, but she did, and now you can read the article in the September 2018 issue.

TQPM is a beautiful digital periodical, filled to the brim with things that will make you smile and get started trying something new and different, and if you’d like to see it in your inbox every month, we have a special discount code that will save you money on your subscription. Just click here then enter the code 70273 to receive your discount*. Trust me when I say y’all don’t need to dilly dally on this. Do it right now ’cause the article is in the September issue and as you no doubt know, we’re racing towards the end of the month.

Article: check
Discount: check
And at the risk of sounding like an informercial, that’s not all!

Barbara Douglas created a pattern to help you make a paper pieced block. (That’s her block you see there at the beginning of this post.) To get your free pattern, visit her on Craftsy.

Thank you, Barbara, Cindy, and The Quilt Pattern Magazine for giving me the opportunity and the support to write about some behind the project bits I haven’t written or talked much about.

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Our Facebook group
The Facebook page
The French Facebook group

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Unfortunately the magazine tells me that the discount cannot be offered in Europe because of VAT. You can still subscribe and receive the magazine, you just don’t get the discount.

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Quilts Exhibited in Munich, Germany

September 1, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Who:Quiltundtextilkunst

What: Quilts of The 70273 Project made in Germany and one quilt from Israel

When: 01 September to 15 September, 2018 / Monday to Friday: 10 to 18 / Saturday 10 to 16

Where: Munich, Sebastiansplatz (walking distance from suburban train station Marienplatz, so really in the centre), opposite the new Synagogue

3 women standing in front of several white quilts embellished with pairs of red x's

L to R: Barbara Stöger, Lydia Pallauf, Annemarie Pattis

How: This exhibit is possible thanks to the efforts of Uta Lenk, 70273 Project Ambassador in Germany; and Barbara Stöger, Lydia Pallauf, Annemarie Pattis who helped hang the exhibit as well as members of the Dachau Patchwork Guild who secured a space for The 70273 Project quilts in this magnificent exhibit.

Tell everybody you know who lives in or near or visits Germany and encourage them to visit this moving exhibit. (And to send me photos).

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Quilts Exhibited Around the World

August 10, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

many white quilts covered with pairs of red X's hang inside a priory in Scotland.

photo by Rebecca Davison

SCOTLAND / CREATIVE WHITHORN
WHITHORN PRIORY
THROUGH 12 AUGUST 2018

If you’re in the vicinity of Scotland, find your way to Whithorn where there’s quite a festival happening this weekend that you won’t want to miss. (And if you can’t get there, tell your friends and family who can get there to go and send pictures, or as we say around here “Write when you get work.”) It’s called Creative Whithorn, and if you make your way to the Priory, you’ll be treated to this beautiful site, thanks to Rebecca Davison who took quilts from Rochester, U.K. especially for this exhibit and to Rev. Alex Currie and his wife Kirsty for allowing The 70273 Project to be shown in the beautiful and picturesque Whithorn Priory.

a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's hangs on a church podium surrounded by two windows

Photo by Rebecca Davison

When a group of Whithorn women heard about The 70273 Project coming to the Priory, they got busy and made this quilt – the only quilt in the exhibit made in Scotland.

many white quilts covered with pairs of red X's hang from the balcony at the Priory in Whithorn, Scotland

photo by Rebecca Davison

Don’t they look amazing? Don’t you wish you were there to see them with your own two eyes? I know I do. And next year we will be!

I’ve already spoken with Rebecca and Fran (the amazing Organizer of Creative Whithorn), and we all agree that next year The 70273 Project will return for another exhibit . . . and in 2019 all the quilts on display will have been made in Scotland! Isn’t that exciting? We’re going to need a lot of help, so do let Fran or Rebecca or me know if you’re interested in making blocks, piecing and quilting, organizing your group (think church, senior centers, schools, etc.) to make a quilt. There will be a sign-up form at the Priory this weekend, and we welcome your helping hands. I couldn’t make it to Scotland this year on account of I’m waiting on another set of grand baby cheeks to plant my lips on, but just as soon as I have the dates for Creative Whithorn 2019, I start looking for tickets. I will be there next year for sure, and I hope you will be, too.

Back to this year’s festival . . . Should you need a little help finding the Priory, follow Rebecca’s photo map . . .

photo by Rebecca Davison

Go under the pend on George Street

Photo by Rebecca Davison

Follow the road up. You can just about see the bunting

buildings and bunting bearing two red X's

photo by Rebecca Davison

Watch for the bunting heralding The 70273 Project Exhibit!

stone buildings, grass on both sides of the road, stone walls alongside the paved driveway

photo by Rebecca Davison

a black wrought iron fence in front of a stone building has a 70273 Project banner hanging on it

photo by Rebecca Davison

Head through the main door of the Priory where you’ll find the 70273 Project.

Last weekend, the Whithorn Trust announced that visitors from Switzerland, Chile, Spain, Germany, France, and all over the U.K. went to see the exhibit, and they are expecting even more visitors this weekend. If you can get there, go see the quilts and volunteer to help us have an all-Scotland exhibit next year. If you can’t get there, leave a comment or find us on the Facebook page or in the Facebook group or email me (see envelope icon in upper righthand corner of this page) and let us know how you will help us. Look forward to making my first trip to Scotland next year.

Another round of gratitude for Rebecca and her partner, Bob for having the idea and making it happen; for Lucy in Rochester who did more than just send the quilts; to Fran, the Creative Whithorn organizer who, though busy this week, is already thinking and planning for next year’s festival and exhibit of The 70273 Project Scotland quilts; and to Alex Currie and his wife, Kirsty for saying “yes” when asked if the exhibit could be held in the Priory; and to all the good folks who will make blocks this weekend and volunteer to get involved and help with The 70273 Project Special Exhibit in Scotland next year. it takes a village, y’all.

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PEACHTREE CITY, GA USA
CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD LUTHERN CHURCH
PEACHTREE CITY, GA
AUGUST 11, 2018
10 A.M. TO 12 P.M.

Kim Mashburn and members of the Sarah Circle host their third block-making event for The 70273 Project on from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City, Georgia at the Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church. Supplies will be provided, and here’s a list in case you can bring any of these items:
~ white fabric
~ red fabric, ribbons, rick-rack, buttons, thread
~ scissors (please mark with your name)
~ needles
~ ink pens

Thank you, Kim, for your indefatigable efforts to commemorate so many people.

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RENO, NEVADA USA
TRUCKEE MEADOWS QUILT SHOW
AUGUST 17 AND 18, 2018
10 AM TO 4 PM
RENO TRADE CONVENTION CENTER

The 70273 Project is honored to be a Special Exhibit at the Truckee Meadows Quilt Show On August 17 and 18 at the Reno Trade Convention Center. Get there if you can. You’re welcome. Thank you to Cindy Cavallo for coordinating, receiving, and returning The 70273 Project quilts, and to the show organizers for inviting us and giving us such a wonderful location.

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Lots going on – isn’t it wonderful? People are stitching and piecing and quilting and exhibiting. Would you like to have The 70273 Project as a Special Exhibit at your event? Let’s talk.

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The Honor Roll of Rochester UK Quilts and a Block Count Update

July 12, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

the front of Rochester Cathedral

Before the ink dried on the idea called The 70273 Project, Lucy Horner (a friend on Instagram at that time) offered to collect blocks for The 70273 Project at her shop. Little did she know that 2 years later, she would have the proverbial tiger by the tail. Lucy’s infectious enthusiasm coupled with the good hearts and hands of countless people in the Rochester area made for an explosion of interest in commemorating those we honor. And now, at last, these are the quilts created and exhibited in Rochester Cathedral:

Quilt #189
60″ x 96″
Quilted by: Veronica Rees and Suzanne Cooper
Blocks made by: Members of the North Kent Embroiderer’s Guild

Quilt #270
(a Middling)
Made by:
Alayne Fysh

Quilt #271
57.5″ x 93″
Pieced by: Veronica Rees
Quilted by: Sally Dolman
Blocks made by:
Laura King, for Belinda
Rebecca Davison, for My Nan
Victoria Newman, for Becky Love
Stella Cass, for Lucy Horner
Kenneth Fane, for Lucy Horner
Chris Mattocks
Sandra Sparks
Lynn Barnett
Caroline McCarthy
Laura Fisher
Sheilagh Schweitzer
Esther Mattocks
Siobhan Adams
Jessica Schweitzer
Jackie Pugh
Louise Gardner
Linda Franklin
Kim Watkinson
Pauline Martin
Elizabeth Perfect
Linda Allen
Sophie Lane
Louise Simons, for Everyone
Edina Gearing
Linda Brereton

Quilt #272
55.5″ x 90″
Blocks made by:
Gerlinde M. Southey, for Elias Hornyak
Karen Butti, for Dennis Bevan
Janet Dewey
Astrid Dudgeon
Pam Cahill
Theresa Suer
Ann Owen
Gill Jenkins
Fiona Byers, for Rupert Lev Prokofiev
Virginia Joan Spence
Elizabeth Foster
Ursula Middleton
Gillian Bowden
Anne Blanc
Carole Hawkings, for those lost
Ruth Edwards, for all humanity
Ann Fried, for Jacques Fried (died Theresienstadt), Seig Fried (died Buchenwald), and Peter Keen, Down Syndrome
Barbara Blum, for The Blum Family Latvia 1941
Sheila Danson
Diana Pattison
Ann Owen
Gloria Richardson
Mrs. G. Watson
Lesley Barnett
Hadassah Britz
Kurtz, Goodwin, & Preter Families (aged 4 to 74 years)
Maureen Pearlstone
Anonymous
Trudi Sealey
Jemma Ashmore, for Jerry Simon (great grandpa who fought in WW 2)
Ella Osborne-Smith
Sara Taylor
Sophie Taylor
Amie Ashmore, for autistic children who deserved a chance to show how wonderful they would’ve become
Vickie Ashmore, for the deaf blind community which has so much to give
Shared Bawdekar
Shelley Gilbert
Susan Raymond
Marilyn Ross
Kim Minch
Janet Quill
Barbara Anders

Quilt #356
59″ x 91″
Pieced by: Sally Jeal
Quilted by: Beryl Connelly
Blocks made by: Paddock Wood U3A

Quilt #357
Made by Jane Lake

Quilt #358
60″ x 98″
Pieced & Quilted by: Kim Pedley
Blocks made by:
Sandie Foster
Susan Ann Mummery
Pamela Spalding
Hetty Spalding
Janet Brown
Gretta White
Janet Brown
Wendy Black
Linda Abrahams
Joy Eatwell
Mark Willemite
Beverly Johnson, for Joseph Smith
Jane McNamara, for Dora, Peggy, and Mary, the women who taught me to sew
Harrow & Hillingdon Embroiderer’s Guild
North Kent Embroiderer’s Guild
Toni Houbart, Lest we forget
E. Coates, for all those who died

Quilt #359
58.5″ x 95.5″
Pieced and Quilted by: Sally Dolman
Blocks made by:
Cray Valley Golf Club

Quilt #360
59.5″ x 91.5″
Pieced and Quilted by: Frances Dunk
Blocks made by:
Frances Hockley
Ella Padmore
Paula Leitao
Jane Padre
Carolyn Gilmore
Sue Allen
Freya Leitao
Polly Leavers
Angela Herbiest
Enid Viney
Linda Kemp, for Sid and Doris Philips
Magdalena Ganestam
Sue Pay
Josie Dixon
Sarah Crouch
Jill Avey
Pam Gregory
Geraldine Rollings, for all victims of Aktion T4
Janice Mills
Heather Hilder
Anonymous
Sue Boyer
Elizabeth Binns
Sheilagh Dyson
Joanna Astbury, for all who died in the Holocaust and all who survived
Gail Mercer
Evelyn Thomas, for Gisela, whose family perished in the camps and for Gerda, whose father was a camp guard
Elizabeth J. Coomber, for all military police who gave their lives in Afghanistan
Avril O’Brien

Quilt #361
59″ x 93″
Pieced by: Alayne Fysh
Quilted by: Sally Dolman
Blocks made by:
Rachael Clark
Joyce Barwood, for Jimmy Garland, my dad’s brother
Jill Nibloe, for Nanny Bessy, who was evacuated in the war
Anonymous
Veronica Simms, for Sir Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO DFC RAF
Marianne Tenkate
Sylvia Lawman
Mary Coopr
Mary Jones
Doris Daniels
Pauline Stevens
Sue Whyler
Sue Turner
Jan Dunlop
Yasmin Pocock
Laura Muir
Caroline Strutters
Barbara Barker
Patricia Brown, for victims of violence everywhere
Sue Cripps, for David Bloomfield
Rebecca Kite
Gabby Horner
Rosie Mitchell, for Joan Kelloe
Marion Unthank
Patricia Saward, for all of the victims
Pauline Thorpe

Quilt #362
57″ x 92″
Pieced and Quilted by: Linda Prance
Blocks made by these people at a Block Party hosted by Beverly Bunn:
Sally Jeal
Jane Huckle
Sharon E. Howell
Andre Moir
Denise Bunn
Verity Betts, in memory of all
Lois Higgins
Lesley Barnett
Matthew Howell
Harry Brooks Howell
Anita Jarvis, for Edward Sutton (my dad)
Helen Watmough
Jo Rice
Claire Shove
Shamim a Shreef
Carole Anne Bunn
Lily Howell
Sheilagh Dyson
Ellis Bunn
Tony Bunn, for my grandparents
Beverly Bunn
Joyce Paterson
Annie Rust
Maureen Weston
Frances Hockley
Rebecca Davison
Sue Arnott
Lindsey Relf
John Robinson
Pammie Couchman, for Margaret Hillier
Paula Fry
Dawn Foulger

Quilt #363
58″ x 94″
Pieced and Quilted by: Linda Prance
Blocks made by:
Wendy Brazier, for my baby and loved ones
Sofia Yermo-Moore
Maureen Laycock-Smith
Jenny Hickey, for Michelle Giering
Natalie James
Sarah Jwell
Fong Scott
Lorraine Hartness
Louise Clark
Natasha McCarthy
Catherine Jane Causer
Clare Ryan
Claire Turbot
Imogen Curran, for Albert Twofrey
Emily Brazier, for war heroes
Iris Bamatre
Colette Bamattre
Chloe Bourne
Skylar Marshall
Dr. Caitlin Donovan
Anita Gerzsenyi, for Albert Gerzsenyi, my Granddad
Linda Donovan
Bron Lancaster, for Stanley Green
Zoe Smith, for my great Nan
Lily Shannon, for Big Granny
Jane Stone
Amanda Davies
Barbara Peel
Sarah Howson
Alison Wicka, for family
Kelly Sheehaw
Amelia Howson
Megan Woolnaugh, for everybody who is different and special
Leesa Cameron
Alex Wood, for all the lost
Lesley Willis, for all of them
Sian Terrell
Jo terrell
Lisa Girt
Esme Brown
Emily Clark
Debi Hutton
MaryClare Staples
Jean Milton, for June Luchford
Juliet Brown

Quilt #364
58″ x 94″
Made by:
Beryl Connelly

Quilt #365
58.5″ x 96″
Pieced and Quilted by: Louise Back
Blocks made by:
Alan Fysh
Jo Bostock
Angela King
Suzanne Heath
Doris Daniels
Muriel Wills, for a very special friend who would have been on this list
Selfie Clements
Jill Avey
Yvonne Cook
Christopher Stone
Margaret Rayner
Davina Powell
Anne Blanc, for all the victims of Aktion T4
Sheila Blanks
Georgina Armstrong
Jane Snoswell
Nettie Iles
Anita White, for all the Lewis Brothers
Rosaline Darby

Quilt #372
59.5″ x 93″
Pieced and Quilted by: Jane Lake
Blocks made by:
Debbie Blewer
Sally Jeal
Marion Edwards
Audrey Cavalier TEJ
Rebecca Taylor Wright
Susan Blake, for Malaga
Anne Hill
Isobel Jones, for those murdered in the Aktion T4 programme
Lynne Craig
Jean Thomas
Mavis Hallam
Marnie Legg
Therese Boxall, for all Holocaust victims
Hilary Armfield
Victoria Tibias
Hilary Whinray
Gillian Clements, for all those with disabilities who are such an example to us all as they strive to succeed in their lives today
Diana Simpson
Jerushah Jardine
Jennifer Carter
Janice Beech
Su Coleman, for Jayne and Shefali
Janice Taylor
Members of the In Stitches Patchwork Group

quilts swaying gently in the breeze as they hand at Rochester Cathedral

Quilt #373
60″ x 96″
Made by:
Sally Dolman

Quilt #374
71″ x 82.5″
Made by:
Nuxley Quilters

Quilt #375
59″ x 95″
Made by:
Sally Dolman

Quilt #376
59″ x 94.5″
Made by:
Edina Geering and her grandchildren, Abi & Imogene

Quilt #377
62″ x 91″
Pieced and Quilted by: Edina Geering
Blocks made by:
Members of the Sew & Sews
Helen Horobin, for my family and I – Renate Gross – never forget my gentle, much-loved grandfather
Kate Evans, for Selig Wiener and also Aunt Helene Neumann,, her husband, and their teenage son
Sue Draper, for my cousin Titi, who was brutally murdered by the Nazis
Christine Burgess
Susan Carter
Edina Geering

Quilt #378
57.5″ x 93″
Pieced and Quilted by: Edina Geering
Blocks made by:
Members of Dartford Quilters
Dianne Grubert
Pauline Hillsdon
Mavis Mellors
Joan Holborough
Rylan Da Silva Soares
Elizabeth Peters
Kathleen Kidd
Tracey Kindred
Edina Geering

Quilt #379
58.5″ x 106″
Pieced and Quilted by: Edina Geering
Blocks made by:
Sew2gether, for Bernice Friend, who was a friend and past member who died of cancer
Tracey Kindred
Bev Foster
Di Parker
Edina Geering
Elizabeth Perfect
Jane Lake
Janet Rudge
Joy Robinson
Kathie Paling
Kim White
Linda Bremerton
Maddy Murphy
Mags Eames
Lyn Bethany
Sue Burt
Sue Roughley

Quilt #380
46.5″ x 58″
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Mahoney
Blocks made by:
Members of Girl Guiding & Brownies UK

Quilt #381
58″ x 93″
Pieced and Quilted by: Sally Dolman
Blocks made by:
Meopham U3A
Joyce Garland
Enid Viney
Brenda Webb
Jean Masters
Pauline Hillsdon
Caroline Hillsdon
Stephen Perfect
Kevin
Debbie Blewer
Marian McAra
Hilary Patten
Allison Pruce
Gill Hoare, for all the victims of wars past and present
Tracey Kindred
Linda Bremerton
Valerie Archer
Saudi Price
Frances Dunk
Linda Doyle
Pam Barnaville
Christine Anne Supple, for Chris and Kath Laming
Max Holmes
Stella Davies
Jackie Thompson
Jean Catchpole
Caroline Curnel
Valerie Boswell
Lina Harmer
Elizabeth Perfect
Diane Evans
Pam Barnaville
Christine Caruana
Sandy Collier
Alison Hillman, for friends who have faced more challenges than most
Moira Green
Trude and Steve Wilson
Suzie Taylor
Moira Cubitt
Kevin Pryce
Lou Ratcliffe, for Stephanie and Sally and my mum, Kath Ratcliffe
Wendy Williams
Heather Snelling, in honour of my grandson, Toby Eden, born without right forearm and hand
Anne Nicholson, for all the victims
Linda Hall, for my grandparents
Diana Parker, for Daniel and Finlay
Linda Prance

Quilt #382
58.5″ x 93.5″
Pieced and Quilted by: Chris Burgess
Blocks made by:
Members of Hever and Oakstar Quilters
Rita Drayson
Magdalena Martin
Patel Trisha
J. LaPage
Joanna LaPage
Emily Wise
Jean Loh
Addison Hall
Susie Dakers
Maureen Bone
Becky Sworn
Lesley Ann Whie
Jake Buhl
Nicola Walton
Lucy Dyer
Nicky Gill
Nicola Spratt
Dawn Simmons

Quilt #383
58″ x 94.5″
Pieced and Quilted by: Beryl Connelly
Blocks made by:
Members of the Mid Kent Trefoil Guild
Linda Stonely
Lyndsay Blunt
Hilary Donovan
Pam Bowles
Sue Burbridge
Pam Payne

Quilt #384
34″ x 57″
Made by:
St. John’s Ambulance Fellowship

Quilt #385
a Middling
Made by:
Woolly Women

Quilt #386
a Middling
Made by:
Rose Wise

Quilt #387
82″ x 82″
Made by:
Students and Staff at Waldegrave School

Quilt #388
82″ x 82″
Made by:
Students and Staff at Waldegrave School

Quilt #389
82″ x 82″
Made by:
Students and Staff at Waldegrave School

Quilt #390
82″ x 82″
Made by:
Students and Staff at Waldegrave School

Quilt #391
82″ x 82″
Made by:
Students and Staff at Waldegrave School

Quilt #466
(Pelmet #1)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Jackie Pearce
Emma Perkin
Brenda Varney
The Crafty Sewers
Kathy Rees
Lesley White, for Women’s Transport Service now known as P.R.V.C.
Barbara Bartlett
Dorothy Mason
Celia Donoghue, for all who suffered
Maureen Williams
Sheila Hitches
Inez Robinson
Anonymous
Marcia Allan
Julie Layson, for The Diamond Centre (Riding for the Disabled)
Melanie Ratcliffe, for Barry André Myde
Pat Hume, for Oskar Schindler
Monica Knott
Bees Knees Priory Court
Liz Noble, for Veronica Readman
Joy Anderson, for all the victims
Castle Wall Quilters
Sian Fowler
Jean Jaisingham
Mary Davies
Shirley Challen
Olive Northern
Penny Jenkins
Joan Murphy
Gem Rodberg
Carrel Baldwin
Jeanette Twort
Pat Smith
Carole Vizard
Doreen Gann
Jennie Halke
Doreen Ribbens
Cilla Joyner
Iris Langridge
Sarah Howell

Quilt #467
(Pelmet #2)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Hildenborough Quilting Group
Grace Hughes
Daisy Jackson
Linda Read
Gillian Herring
Rita E. Alavi
Pauline Buchanan, for Henriks Auzins
Kate Gibson
Carol Larmouth
Pam Taylor
Sarah Ralphs, for all the silenced voices
Regina Hill
Sue Thornborough
Janet Flatley
Linda Bremerton
Crafty Ladies
Ann Savage
Joy Scudder
Claire Baldwin
Margaret Scudder
Iona Baldwin
Ann Leggett
Janice Coveney, for the kids in “STREAM”
Jamie Clark
Anonymous
Jean Burnley, for Stanley Richardson
Glynis Ward
Karen Maidment, for Percy Maidment
Lynda Hickford
Maddie Harvey
Rosie Hickford
Joy Read, for Leny Hartloper
Anne Davies
Saturday Stitches
Jo Ashley
Mary Kennedy
Joan Lucas
Patricia Mansfield
Jayne Midgley
Beth Midgley
Nina Palmer
Jackie Ramage
Jacqui Wild
Catherine Stokes
Friendship Quilters
Lesley Rowdon
Julia Pearce
Beatrice Sequeira
Shirley Welsh
Helen Pickett
M Rance
Rosemary Longley
Tricia Paterson
Cheryl Chapman
Rosemary Robusa
sue Hammock
Muriel Edwards
Ann Bowdler
Margaret Munson
Judy Summerfield
Norma Benham
Pauline Trowell
Jackie Holness
Shirley Frankcom, my father – Graham Frankcom, a P.O.W. in Japan 1942-1946
Kaye Barker
Marina Havinden
Beverley
Linda R. A. Pearce
Lidna Allen
Sue Jones
Maureen P. Stanton
Sandra Bickmore
Terri Shedd
Sue Allen, for Robert Hallett
Kim Crewe
Maureen Wheeler
June Allen and Family
Eunice Denyer

Quilt #468
(Pelmet #3)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Chloe Simpson
Green leaf Road Baptist Church
Ali Baker, for all victims
Janet Knox, for Harry Green, Italy WW 2
Carolyn Bond, for Clare & Darren
Ann Grub
Mrs. B. Goddard
Eleanor Fulton, for Tim Johnson
Anita De La Motte
Joan Brown, for someone unknown
Clare Hockley, those known by God
Janet West, for Madelaine MacDougall and Mary West (my mum and mum-in-law)
Susan Ketteringham, for Calum
Mrs. W. Bell
Mary Stocker
Andrea Draycott
Jean Sale, for Gloria Spring
Valgerdur Erlendsdottir Carter, for Gudmundur Krist Jansson 1902-1944
Dudley & Kingswinford WI
Lesley Neno
Susan Holmes
Mary Hale
Doreen Bond
Skye Boyle
Deborah Clarke, for the wonderful children, young people, and adults that use the facilities provided by the Watershed RDA Group
Canterbury Quilters
Marion Fox
Sylvia Triggs
Liz Melville
Annette Walter
Marianna Drawater

Quilt #469
(Pelmet #4)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Joy Waterhouse, for Poppy
David Tolliday Raschen
Dee Smith
Nick Keys
Caroline Keys, for Arthur Killick
Judi Kirk, for Doris Hancock
Diane Evans
Victor Whiffen, for Brighton School of Samba Man
Lou Ratcliffe, for Kath Ratcliffe, my mum
Wendy Gardner, for my lovely dad at Dunkirk, Bill Busby
Ethan Dale, for all who lost their lives
Liam Dale, for all who lost their lives
Robert Dale, for all who lost their lives
Jenny Brebner, for the fallen and persecuted, fighting for freedom
Rosa Kemp
Shelley Steenhuis, for Petrus Steenhuis
Ann Smith, for Arthur John Rawlings
Mary Glendale
Carol Stacey
Lisa Newton
Joan Powles, for Kirsty
Robin Jones
Sandie Beaton, for Emma Brogan
Denise Harper
Jolanta Klatt
Colin Bowden
Liliana Joy Decicco
Rosemary Decicco
Natalie Sand
Heidi Rogers
Jan Davison
Yvonne Seaworthy
Chris Cornell
Tony Bulford, for Bernie Bulford
Gabrielle Horner, for everyone who has died in action
Linda Evans, for Jennifer Kerbey
Sarah Adkins
Tony Geering
Linda Labbett
Ruth Pepper
Michael Langley, for Bernie Bulford
Amanda Sim
Julie Hogg
Stephen Perfect
Beatrice Reid
Freya Johns
Owen Ryan
Frankie Morris
Gemma Green, for Nannie and Gags
Julie Taylor
Ella Buckley, for Anthony Buckley
Clare Frost, for Edward McCanna
Sharon Willson
Janice McCanna, for Edward McCanna
Oscar Yermo
Sofia Yermo-Moore
Sally Dolman
Stanley Kirk, for all the victims of Aktion T4
Jane Vadersteen
Holly Bulford, for Bernie Bulford
Mary McFadden
Grace Howis
Amy Shaw, for Rosie Staunton
Jasmine Bulford, for Bernie Bulford
Ginni Fryer, for Will Petit
L-Ann
Anne Denham
Carol Meheux
Jenny Green
Regan Purcell
Patricia Whitfield-Hatt
Sandra Pease
Sylvia Francis
Christine Ellmer
Diane Brown
Elaine Allen
Yvonne Seymour
Deana Marshall
Karen Townsend
Mr. R. Mason
Carol Rainbow
Jennifer Viner, for my dad, who was a P.O.W. in Germany
Patricia Thorne
Rhona Redding
Anna Jardine
S. E. Jemmeson
Elizabeth High
Jean G.
Norma
Dorothy
Chris Stewart
Tina Stacey
Jane
Neil Rajah, for all innocents who died in war
Lisa Rajah
Matthew Rajah,
Beatrice Rajah
Stephanie Harris, for Norman Wynn, my grandad, who fought in WWII and was Dunkirk
Debra Launder, for Del Holloway
Ana Fox
Beryl Fagan, in memory of those who did not survive
David Launder, for Reiss Daniel Morgan
Emma Maclean
Carrie Devonshire
Drew Churchouse
Catherine Philpott
Oast Quilters & QGBI Region 2

Quilt #470
(Pelmet #5)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Vivien Eldred, for George and Ruth Eldred
Ann Hatcher, for Samuel Richards
Duncan Leckie, for Kathleen Merchant (aunt)
Claire Peacock, for my grandmother who nursed in Cardiff in WWII Pierre Gully
Sue Harrison
Louise Harrison
Jemma Wheatley
Emma Avery
Louise Matlock
Elizabeth Birchenhough
Michelle Palles-Clark, for William and Vera Webster, my grandparents and inspiration
Julie Bulpitt, for the people of Guernsey who were invaded by enemy forces and lost their lives
Claire Wells
Winsome Thomas, for Zoe
Sophie Adams, for Dylan Paterson
Susan Robinson
Alison Probee
Haiti Liu
Pam Taylor
Stephanie Morgan
Sarah Middleton
Joanna Moore, for Lucy Cox
Jemma Hicks, for Alfie LeFey (my son who suffers with ADHD and Tourettes)
Hilary Jansen, for Patricia Moore
Tina Watts
Jean DeMennato
Maureen Meakin
Joan Carpenter, for Mum and Dad
Suzanne Lockett, for Mum and Dad
Anonymous
Lisa Lobb
Rosemary Muntus
Hilary Donovan
Patricia Derrett, for my brother Steven
Jacqui Pantlin, for Tilly Pantlin
Sam Barber
Bethan Hopkins, for Florence Korelsky
Emilia Deluca
Precila Armstrong
Sumi Olson, for Freddie Olson, my son aged 9 who has disabilities
Eileen Braham
Clare Wallace, for Ted Lennox
Margaret Wallace, for Edward Lennox
Aileen Davidson
Elizabeth Noble
Sconaid Wastie
Kathleen Monaghan
Sue Bayford
Shirley Rickards
Cora Williams
Lydia Moxham
Ruth
Lydia McCutcheon
Joanna Toth-Pallos, for all the babies who had no future
Jill Noades, for Shane
Barbara Eastwood
Sandra Weaver, for my grandfather
Sue May, for Standholder (advents)
Melanie Ratcliffe, for all our Paraolympians
Jackie Harkison, for those who died in Hungary
Lesley Machin
Cheryl Philipsz
Agnes Triwiyono
Alistair Basset
Katharine Wright
Sylvia Borrow, for my mother
Nita Bayley
Catherine White
Angela White
Sandy Ribbins, for Winifred Milham of Rochester (grandmother)
Geraldine Stanley, for Georgina Brodie
Louise Tweed, for all those isolated through prejudice
Elizabeth Machell
Jeanette Horn
Robert Kindred
Freya Bookman, for Ernst Brookman
Elizabeth Alcock
Colleen Fullager
Gill Rogers
Lucy Webber
Sue Keep
Sonia Walker
Lynda Hawkes
Karen Kershaw
Pandora
Andrea Neale
Lorraine Farrow
Janice O’Hara
Fran Allen, for all those who suffered and suffer
Gillian McGrath
Jan Riddler, for Andrew and Jamie – if born in another time, I wouldn’t have the honour of knowing them
Helen Duxbury
Valerie Griffiths
Jennie Rowe
Carina Wells
Arielle Thomas
Beryl Connolly
Ruby Rowe
Tina Hemmise
Anne LeBas, for Bruce Sutton
Vanessa Dean, for Peter Snagge (Daddy)
Faylin Wright, for Athel Simpson
Maria Whiteman
Femi Kujore-Taylor, for Lucy
Betty Shaw, for Lucy Taylor
Carole Merrill
Lynn Pettit
Lisa Keller McKie
Susan Smith
Hannah McKee
Alex Oetzmann, for all servicemen disabled serving our country
Heidi Wilkinson, for Jim
Polly McDonald
Sally Seboa
Ann-Maria Deasy, for Phoebe Deasy
Ann College
Lesley Martin
Loraine Barker, for Reggie Ellis
Patricia Parker, for Alfie Barker
Christina Wright
Emma Stubington
Dee Harris
Jane Moulster
Jo Walker
Patricia Dalal
Karen McColgan, for Malcolm Edward McColgan
Hayden
David Couling
Anne Couling
Ollie Tindall
Susie Crago
Sara Clark, for everyone who died
Linda Tilling
Joan Restall
Margaret Guina, for Emmeline Pankhurtst
Eve Burns
Stella Maria Fabiane
Tanya Shoop, for Len Shoop (grandfather)
Adzovi Nyanyo, for Oliver
Ella Breakey
Debby Hill
Beverly Bunn
Caroline Ryan
Jessica Antelope Hill
Tanya Shoop
Julie Jolibois
Louise Bailey
Norms Fletcher
Dianne Fletcher
Nancy Palumbo
Fiona Marchant
Jen Tooke-Marchant
Michelle Gillam Hull, for Denise Hull, conscientious objector
Rebecca Paxton, for parents of children who are genetically different or terminally ill
Amy Clough
Kirstie Leach, for Capon Richmond (great, great grandfather)
Sheila
Angela Bannister
Jolanta Laskova
June Allen
Liz Smith, for all the forgotten
Sue Brown, for the innocent
Becca Smith, for everyone
Alice Edwards
Penny Edwards
Nicola Winter, for William Gibson Lightbody
Julie Lyason, for all at the Diamond Centre (disabled riding school)
Katie Layson, for all at the Diamond Centre (disabled riding school)
Danielle Andrews
Natalie Stenning
Sue O’Hea, for Carol Hayes
Bridget Marshall, for all the victims of the Holocaust
Clare Keefe, for the 70,273
Jennifer Edmonson
Roban Family
Tessa Wyatt, for John Trevor Bates
Christine Hill
Claire Poulton
Ann Dring, for Steven Dring
Megan Meek
Megan Evans
Kelley Dring, for Steven Dring
Rachel Crane
Mary Jones
Emma Russell, for my Ros
Lyndsay Dring
Aelitta Holland Taylor
Ethan Holland Taylor
Iorwynne Holland Taylor
Beatrice Curtis
Kara Johnson
Elizabeth Doxey, for everyone affected
Megan Kemp
Linda Attree
Laura, for Helen Kemp
Emma Ferdinand, for Mia-Grace Griffiths
Susan Gobel, for all the darling people who suffered
Pam Rainsley
Lindsey Sutherland, for Evelyn, who inspired my daughter to sew
Kelsie Hall, for Ian Sterling
Pat Macrae
Rosie Hickford
Lynda Hickford
Jennie Royston
Laura Meek, for Zak Francis and Zoe Stubbs
Esther Clutton, for Susie Hamlin
Joanna Urbanek, for the Urbanek Family in England and Poland
Marianne McAvoy, for my grandmother (I inherited her 1950’s Singer.)
Gabrielle Horner
Louise Back
Lydia Edwards
Sally Jeal

quilts hanging in Rochester Cathedral

Quilt #471
(Pelmet #6)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Betty’s Quilting Group
Sharon Prinsloo
Jill Deets
Barbara Kinder
M. Redman
Yvonne Ebbs
Andrea child
Yvonne Ashwell-Rivens
Iris Freely
Mary Bright
Betty Steward, for all who were so cruelly killed
Pamela Friend
Wendy Evans
Patricia Seagers
Rose Vacher, for those who were murdered in the T4 Programme
Linda Dyer
Janice Archery
Margaret Cudby
Pamela Kurtz
Barbara Woodbury
Wimbleton International Quilters
Lorna Branczik
Barbara Delamore, for Pastor Martin Niemoller
Sue Southward
Jo Coombes, for the suffering of the Jews in WW2
Alison Garrett, for Pauline Baker
Anne Cann
Maggie Barber
Veronique Furse
Susan Hedges
Kirsty Walder
Katie Gibson
Rose Crews
Anonymous
Christabel Wienerman
Rani Mendis
Ginny Stobart
Louisa Lawson
Half Moon Stitchers

Quilt #472
(Pelmet #7)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Diane Thorpe
Joan Barker
Patricia Greenslade
Tomato Evans, for Asano
Margaret Cheesman
Anonymous
Yvonne Burgess
Pauline Moon, for Vera Brattle
Jean Rees, for Percy Brattle
Diane Stiles, for Hazel Jack
Joyce Inge, for Ronald Moon
Dot Mankelow
Pamela Watson, for Thomas Tiunder
Vera M. Godsall
Jackie Hart
Rosemary Atkins
All Saints Toddler Group
Valerie Burton, for all who died in Aktion T4
Julie Shedd
Sabi Westoby
Trina Shedd-Sullivan
Kelley Shedd-Sullivan
Jan Swonnell
Jo Williams, for Lyn Walford, RN
pat harper
Julia Robinson, for Edith Bown
Carole Rogers
Sandy Moriarty
Marion Burton
Deidre Campbell
Adrienne Campbell
Barbara Jackson
Margaret McGuire
Islington U3A Craft Group
Louise Matlock, for my brother Edward, who would not have survived this appalling policy

Quilt #473
(Pelmet #8)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Stella Underhilll, for Albert Thomas Bird, killed in action 1918, France, Duke of Wellington’s Regt.
Elizabeth Utley, for Douglas Bader
Angela Parker, for Clement Parker and Marjorie Parker
Elizabeth Tones
Mary Hanley
St. Michael’s WI
Joan Vesper
Jennie Ellerington
Francia Agostino
Sarah Flynn
Suzanne Paterson
Carol Pearson
Purleigh Sewers
Francesca Titmuss
Helen Parker
Shelagh Pocock
Anne Young
Rachel Crane
Su Colman, for Jayne Knight and Jon Dunnicuff
Sheila Linnell
Traci Maton, for all who fought for freedom and were not recognised
Avril Hill, for those who died
Sue Page, for Winifred Thomas Page
Frant Sewing Group
Janet Brown
Susan Beecroft
Lara Marks
Clare Ryan
Jean Dillon
Bromley Townswomen’s Guild
Shortland’s Quilt Group
Hazel Tyne Sewing Group

Quilt #474
(Pelmet #9)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Rosemary Flood
Carole Mitchell
Elaine Gardner
Gina McManus
Judy McGloin, for George Mennell
Alison Day, for Martin McGloin
Janice Emmett
Pam Brister
Mary Hudson
Cherry Stewart, for those who suffered due to the Aktion T4 Programme
Anonymous
Audrey Jeffery
Michelle Jeffery
Sarah Jeffery
Shamim a Shreef
Rosaline Darby
Anita White
Joan Fisher
Laura Fisher
Pauline Chitekeshe
Flora Nyahuma
Tecla Chiutsi
Bethan Adams
Niamh Rogan-Hill, for our family in Heaven
Catherine Jane Casuer
Esther Welsh
Jenny Andrews
Jean Howie
Tina Watts, for Morale Family and Andrea Marks Family
Siobhan Adams
Megan Couchmai
Cathy Kinnon
Wendy Williams
Sue Roughly
Anne Stott
Ann Frid
Kim Vale
Dartford Science & Technology College

Quilt #475
62″ x 71″
Made by:
Elizabeth Perfect, in memory of Stephen Perfect

Quilt #476
58.5″ x 95″
Pieced by: Alayne Fysh
Quilted by: Edina Geering
Blocks made by:
Paddock Wood Primary School

Quilt #477
59″ x 94″
Made by:
Shirley Rickards
Kayleigh Coulson
Jackie Williams
Sheila Turner
Kathryn Greig
May Holloway, for Del Holloway
Consults Care & Nursing
Kathy Ledger, for my son James who has a learning disability and all the children and adults I know who have learning disabilities
Sarah Hibbert, for Frank Overton
Jean Carter
Robert John Drew, for deaf people
Margaret Hanley, for deaf people and those with disabilities
Linda Sharman, for Kevin Parker
Valerie Crowley, for everyone who strives to ensure it never happens again
Christine Thorne
Elizabeth Evans
Liz Abbott
Karen
Crowborough Vale WI – Members, Friends, & Family

Quilt #478
59.5″ x 95″
Made by:
Members of the Cathedral Embroiderers
Jane Smith
Josie Wright, for Joseph Agnew
Susan Burlace
Anonymous
Margaret Pearce
Olga Garner
Julie Best
Sally Jeal

Quilt #479
58″ x 94.5″
Made by:
Meopham U3A

Quilt #480
66″ x 54″
Made by:
Connaught Girls School
Polina Solakchieva
Ski Piyasena
Hajira Asif
Sumaiyah Adnana Saddique
Leila Winston
Paris Anderson
Rumaysa Rehman
Nimrah Hussain
Maleeha Karim
Hafsa Noor
Jena Yude
Laila Malik
Umm Hussain
Humeyra Cicek
Allya Auzine
Rodhiyat Ibrahim
Fatima Azimi
Aamna Malik
Laila Ali
Benedict Luyindula
Lyna Mezghiche
Noor Butt
Baylee Smith-Flugal
Zainab Hussain
Alice Asenova
Harsh Ashfaq
Victoria Robertson
Hibbah Ashgar
Sosa Rizwan
Mya Skeete
Ying Chen
Area Ghorab
Samah Alam
Lu’lu Hameed
Ayman Sadiq
Sana Kayani
Samira Khanom
Tahmima Begum
Zainab Abukar
Jessica Perry
Zainab Asif
Natalia Neidzwiecka
Varshga Premarasa
Essa Nadeem
Isla Hussain
Tina Lu
Hannah Matthews
Talia Pithers
Safeena Ahmen
Zarah Nazir
Zainab Waqar
Zaina Rehman
Labila Qureshi
Hera Sandhu
Nabiha Asim Ashraf
Fordons Eldow
Albina Giani
Ania Ajaz
Nadia
Jahnia Carnegie
Seven Kaplan
Amina Benzene
Amaarah Bhana
Renae Duval
Maryam Hussain
Amira Labbaci
Aliya Nahim
Salma Kayani Alaoui
Ruqayya Mussadiq
Anonymous

Quilt #484
(Pelmet #10)
29.5″ x 136″
Made by:
Marlene Cohen
Mary Kilburn, for my daughter Fae, who considering what she has to deal with, shows amazing strength of character
Esther Hamill
Margaret Cox, for Freddie Hickson
Ann-Maria Deasy, for Mandy Gill
Anonymous
Wendy Parker, for all physically and mentally disabled people throughout the world
Ruth Herbert
Irene Duncan, for Josef Deja
Alifa Ismailmiya-Balding
St. Hilda’s Church
Ann Fillmore, for Robyn Fillmore, who waits for us in Heaven with her now-perfect body

Quilt #485
(Panel #3)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #486
(Panel #2)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #487
(Panel #8)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #488
(Panel #6)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #489
(Panel #7)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #490
(Panel #1)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #491
(Panel #4)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #492
(Panel #9)
24″ x 48″

Quilt #493
(a Middling)
Made by:
Detling

Quilt #494
(a Middling)
Made by:
Detling

Quilt #495
(Touch Quilt #1)
61″ x 74.5″

Quilt #496
(Touch Quilt #2)
57″ x 71.5″

Quilt #497
(Touch Quilt #3)
58″ x 72″

Quilt #498
(a Middling)
Made by: Cornwallis Academy

Quilt #499
(Altar Panel Vertical)
“Wendy’s crosses”

Quilt #500
(Altar Panel Horizontal)
“Wendy’s crosses”

Quilt #501
(Topper Long Panel A)

Quilt #502
(Topper Long Panel B)

Quilt #503
(Topper Long Panel C)

Quilt #504
(Topper Long Panel D)

Quilt #505
(Topper Long Panel E)

Quilt #506
(Topper Long Panel F)

Quilt #507
(Topper Long Panel G)

Quilt #508
(Topper Long Panel H)

Quilt #509
(Topper Long Panel I)

Quilt #510
(a Middling)
Made by: Mote Rangers

Quilt #511
(a Middling)
Made by:
Alayne Fysh

Quilt #629
(Small Touch Quilt)

Quilt #630
(Altar Cloth)

Quilt #631
Made by:
Studio 11 Eastbourne

Total number of lives commemorated at Rochester Cathedral:

14,024

which brings our block count total to:

55,108

I’m not kidding, y’all. Scroll on down to the bottom of the page and watch that graph shoot up towards the finish line.

bags and boxes of mail

And there are many more blocks and quilts waiting for me to stay home long enough to check them in, so that number will grow. There are some surprises coming up in the newsletter and on the blog, so you might want to subscribe to both. Just sayin’.

Thank you to all who have stitched, hosted, shared, pieced, quilted, donated, and contributed in a host of other ways to bring us to this point.

For more info about The 70273 Project Exhibit at Rochester Cathedral . . .
See the huge banners being made
Blocks were made
More blocks were made
And there are videos on The 70273 Project You Tube Channel

Nancy Responds to Our Collaboration

June 30, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

A question I am frequently asked is “What does Nancy think about you stitching her drawings?” And the answer is: “I haven’t a clue, not an inkling.”

She doesn’t give any verbal or physical indication that she understands or even recognizes that I am stitching her marks, that we are in collaboration. My only indicator is how our relationship has changed since June 2012 when she began drawing and I began stitching her drawings. In the 39 years I’d known and loved Nancy prior to June 2012, I was an aside existing in the shadow of The Engineer (a.k.a. Andy) because you see, Nancy has always loved Andy more than I love pocketbooks. “Andy, Andy, Andy,” she would say through her face-sized smile, her love and adoration due in part to the natural bond of affection and in part from her Mother’s influence. Mrs. Chambers – or Mama C as I often called her – talked adoringly of Andy, and Nancy followed suit. Though it stung at times, I always understood that Mrs. C’s first concern was for Nancy’s well being. She knew that Andy would always be in Nancy’s life, and regardless of how many years we had on the books, I was still a question mark that she couldn’t afford to invest in wholeheartedly.

Nevertheless, Mama C knew I loved Nancy with every nano-inch of my heart. She made that obvious. When the institution where Nancy lived contacted Mrs. C asking permission to sterilize Nancy (at least they asked, right?), she invited me to lunch to talk about it. When it was time to move Nancy to another facility, she asked me to go down and have a look then let her know my thoughts. When she was in the hospital and couldn’t attend Nancy’s Parents’ Day, I assured her we would go, and when she was on her deathbed, I told Andy that the best gift we could give his mother was to go visit Nancy, take her some strawberries and cookies “for the friends” like Mrs. C. always did, then go back to the hospital with reassurances, stories, and photos of Nancy’s well being. Yes, it didn’t take all that long for Mrs. C. to believe my assurances that Nancy would always be taken care of (something Mr. C. didn’t invest in until he was on his dying bed), and while maybe there was no doubt about that, I would never be blood kin. I get that.

So Nancy was obvious in her love for Andy and tolerated me. That’s how it went for the longest time. Then came June 2012 when the drawings and stitchings began, and since then there are signs that Nancy, too, believes I do and always will love her. I am included in her love talk. I am now considered a “pretty good girl” (Nancy’s highest compliment). She wants to hold my hand when we go walking. She turns to talk to me when we’re in the car. Our togetherness is decorated with signs that I have gained her trust and love, and I credit it all to art.

As to what she thinks about our collaboration, as to her response to seeing her drawings in stitch, I haven’t a clue, so yesterday I asked Andy to show her In Our Own Language 3 on exhibit at the Ross Art Museum on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University while I recorded her reaction. Have a look, and let me turn the question back on you. What do you see? What’s your interpretation of her reaction? What do you think she thinks / how do you think she feels about our collaboration?

In Our Own Language 3 at the Ross Art Museum in Ohio

June 26, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Y’all know I haven’t had a minute’s regret about launching The 70273 Project. Not a single minutes much as a nano. And yet . . . a few months ago I found myself going splat.

Splat, I tell you.

I lost myself in the forest of systems and forms and communications and tallying and spreadsheets and planning. I was putting in the hours, but I just couldn’t catch up – something that wears heavily on an accomplishment-oriented gal – and the next thing you know, I caught myself mourning.

Yes, mourning.

I mourned the loss of my sense of humor. I mourned the loss of my creativity. I mourned the loss of my Self. Never one to stew in a vat of victim-flavored self pity for long, I started poking around, and when I found a Call for Entries for an exhibit at the Ross Art Museum called See My Voice, I sprang, took photos, completed the application, and mashed the Submit button. Several weeks later, the email came: 2 out of the 3 pieces I submitted were juried in!

Meet In Our Own Language 3

and Apocrypha 4

For those of you who don’t know, since June 2012, I stitch the drawings – the marks – made by my sister-in-law Nancy. Every time we visit her (about every-other month), The Engineer and I leave a box or two (10ish reams) of paper and bring home the drawings she’s made since our last visit. I bring them home, archive and title them, then I set about stitching. Once I’ve stitched every drawing in a set, the piece becomes part of the In Our Own Language Series. This third piece contains 274 stitched drawings. Apocrypha 4 is a single drawing from her first set of marks.

Taking 3 of the 5 days we had at home between trips, The Engineer and I scampered up to the Ross Art Museum in Delaware, Ohio for a look-see with our own eyes. It was worth it, y’all. It was totally worth it. Not only were we accepted, our pieces hung with some exquisite pieces of fiber art created by some prestigious Makers . . .

Like Susan Shie, for example, of whom I’ve been a long-devoted fan
(And for the record, I’m pointing, not touching.)

And Maria Shell.
Color me another long-time devotee.

and Nancy Gamon: Prospecting

and Jo Thomas, Bittersweet the Rose

and Linda Strowbridge, Splintered

and Tasha Owen, Carnival

and Claire Murray Adams, Anonymous Makers
to name a few.

And though I’m certainly not looking for things to do, I’ve begun 2 more pieces that are yet to be titled and must be completed by this fall. But don’t you fret. I promise not to let The 70273 Project run completely off the rails. I’ll just pull 2-3 all-nighters every week, and y’all, losing the sleep will be totally worth it.

Totally.

Click here to read more about In Our Own Language 1

Here for more about In Our Own Language 2

And here for more about In Our Own Language 3

Then there’s In Our Own Language 16 in which we took a bit of a detour

Quilts on Display at the Minnesota Quilt Show

June 14, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

I”m honored that The 70273 Project is a Special Exhibit at the 40th anniversary Minnesota Quilt Show and Conference June 14, 15, and 16, 2018 in beautiful St. Cloud, Minnesota, and I thought you’d like to see which quilts are on display here.

Quilt 55
Made by Margaret Andrews (USA)
60″ x 68″ / 152cm x 173cm
121 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Quilt 65
40″ x 60″ / 102cm x 152cm
55 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Pieced by Caribou Quilt Guild (USA)
Quilted by Carol Goodsell (USA)
Finished by Sandy Martin (USA)
Blocks made by:
Jeanne Huebert
Anonymous
Maria Conway
Lee Durbin
Jennifer Eastment
Margaret Williams
Susan Utech
Diane Dresdner
Betty Hedrick
Rosalie Roberts
Linda Heron
Debbie Buckner
Alida Palmisano
Pam Patterson
Faye Cook
Barbara Atwell
Janet Eidem
Chloe Grice
Sandy Martin
Martine Bronca
Sharleen Jespersen
Frances Holliday Alford
Laurel Hotchkiss
Michelle Banton
Carolyn Katzoff
Jennifer Lario Moya
Nancy Fenstermacher
Past Brletich
Glenda Williams
Janine Morrell
Elizabeth Belcher
Caroline Rudisill
Jill Hagererer
Barbara Churchville
Elaine Erickson
Kathleen J.
Reck Patricia Gaska
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Brenda Shimshick
Shelly Burge
Staff of Holy Spirit College, dedicated to all with differing abilities

Quilt 74
56″ x 28″ / 142cm x 72cm 28
lives commemorated
Completed February 2017
Blocks made by:
Nicole Marty
Alice Thomas
Suzy Bignau
Anne Vignals
Yolande Clavel
Maite Findeling

Quilt 80
67.5″ x 78.5″ / 171cm x 199cm
90 lives commemorated
Completed February 2017
Pieced by Annie Paire (France)
Quilted and Finished by Chantal Baquin (France)
Blocks made by Citizens of Lentigny, France

Quilt 112
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
698 lives commemorated
Completed March 2017
Made by Katell Renon, France

Quilt 116
66″ x 35″ / 168cm x 89cm
56 lives commemorated
Completed April 2017
Made by Members of Quilt du Club de Careers
Maryse Carbet
Eliane Pete
Daniele Delvit
Odile Mainguy
Kristine Soufflet

Quilt 121
40.5″ x 50″ / 103cm x 127cm
41 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017
Blocks made by
Marie-Claude Serres
Martine Pages
Viviane Molières
Sue Webb
Anonymous
Claudine Dupont
Annie Delbox
Marie-Annick Couffignac
Christiane Debray

Quilt 138
41″ x 55″ / 104cm x 140cm
62 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Blocks made by:
Marie-Claude Serres
Martine Pages
Viviane Molières
Sue Webb
Anonymous
Claudine Dupont
Annie Delbox
Marie-Annick Couffignac
Christiane Debray

Quilt 150
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
685 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017
Made by Margaret Jackson (UK)

Quilt 152
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
998 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Quilt 177
18.5″ x 22.5″ / 47cm x 57cm
503 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017
Made by Deirdre McConathy (USA)

Quilt 188
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
222 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Made by Margaret Andrews (USA)

Quilt 199
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
547 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Made by Nan Ryan (USA)

Quilt 206
40″ x 54″ / 102cm x 137cm
63 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017
Pieced by: Wendy Tuma (USA)
Quilted by Connie Albin (USA)
Finished by: Wendy Tuma (USA)

Quilt 214
46″ x 56.74″ / 116cm x 144cm
50 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Pieced by: Patti Lapinsky (USA)
Quilted by Beth Schmidt (USA)
Finished by: Marge Cree (USA)
Blocks Made by:
Patricia Gaska
Margaret Williams
Peggy Lowrie
Faye Cook
Kathy Shaw
Christina Cromwell
Mildred S. (Millie) Long
Margaret Andrews
Nathalie Toulous
Brenda Shimshick
Faye Cook
Jean Fogle
Diane Dresdner
Nancy Weinmister
Lori East
Pam Patterson
Rebecca hart
Susan Utech
Carolyn Katzoff
Carly Burch
Marti Anderson
Jackie Batman
suzanne McCarthy
Jennifer Lario Moya
Anonymous
Michelle Banton
Deborah L. J. MacKinnon and the Kingston/North Kitsop Rotary Club
Janet Tobler, for all those who had no voice
Susan Guild, for Bobbie Cherry and the 70273 people who died
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Brad, Robby, Rachel, Nancy, Kevin, Carol
MJ Kinman, for Bess J. Liversidge and Elizabeth Zelms
Jane Cunningham, for Tania, Taylor, Pete, Tania, Hugh, Marty, Jeannie, Vicki, Sharon, Aiden, Martin, Guy, Don, Murray, David, Craig, Willie, David, Manoli
Frances Holliday Alford, for Linda Rybak
Pam Patterson, for Jack GArland Richie, a World War II veteran and her dad
Rosalie Robers, for Tawna Roberts
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for all those with different levels of ability
Betty Byford, for the 70273 disabled people killed by the Nazis in early World War II

Quilt 249
62.5″ x 66.5″ / 159cm x 169cm
35 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017
Made entirely by Amy Castillo (USA)

Quilt 266
39.5″ x 51.5″ / 100cm x 131cm
31 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017
Made by Sandy Martin (USA)

Quilt 269
21″ x 19.5″ / 53cm x 50cm
613 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Made by Philippa Doyle (New Zealand)

Quilt 281
46″ x 35″ / 117cm x 89cm
65 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017
Pieced, Quilted, and Finished by Sophie Brunch
Blocks made by:
Nicolle Merest
Marie Dominique Angais Francine Chartier
Jeannie Leglise
Betty Pecastaing
Pierrette Darrigan
Marie-Catherine Cazeenave
Marie-Ange Bonnet
Nicole Baudet
Marie-Therese Morant
Patricia Ledoux
Micheline Mimaud
Jocelyne Hontabat
Corinne Lesgourgues
Francoise Labarsouque
Christine Amstutz
Sophie Brunch
Dominique Lucat
Marie-Therese Lentz
Christiane Coumailleau
Edmond Rouchaleou
Dany Labernede
Michele Girou
Agnes Bernet
Marianne Darroussat
Francoise Berniolles
Annie Line
Anne-Marie Digeos
Jeanne Denoyer

Quilt 310
21.5″ x 18.75″ / 55cm x 48cm
339 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Made by Bev Haring (USA)

Quilt 368
17″ x 21.5″ / 43cm x 55cm
224 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Made by Karen Fahel (USA)

Quilt 370
24″ x 23.5″ / 61cm x 60cm
616 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Made by Sarah Lauzon (USA)

Quilt 555
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
1105 lives commemorated
Completed April 2018
Made by Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Rue Opal
and the joy she will bring to all who know and love her

It’s a wonderful, marvelous show because of the wonderful, marvelous people from the show organizers to the people attending. More about the show tomorrow.

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Other places to gather around The 70273 Project water cooler:

Subscribe to the blog (where all information is shared).

Join the English-speaking Facebook group – our e-campfire – where you can talk to other members of The 70273 Project Tribe.

Join the French-speaking Facebook group – our other e-campfire – where you can chat with other members of The 70273 Project Tribe.

Like the Facebook page where you can check in for frequent updates.

Get folks to help celebrate your birthday by making blocks and/or donating bucks.

Post using #the70273project on Instagram. (Please tag me, too, @whollyjeanne, so I don’t miss anything.)

Jersey, Channel Island Quilts

May 30, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Kim Monins and Gisele Therezien have been Ambassadors for The 70273 Project from the get-go (note the quilt numbers), ultimately convincing people in every Parish and most (if not all) of the reporters they contacted to make blocks. They’ve been involved in the project so long, in fact, that Kim was scanning and labeling each individual block just like I do here. That simply was not sustainable, yet I had already counted some of those individual blocks, so I’ve spent many spare minutes sifting through the good information Kim compiled along with my records to make sure I didn’t duplicate blocks. Now it is done, so allow me to introduce you to these beautiful Jersey, Channel Island quilts. Unless otherwise noted, all photos were made by Kim Monins. Don’t the quilts look right at home in this breath-taking landscape?

Quilt #35

Made by Members of the Jersey Modern Quilt Guild
Gisele Therein
Kim Monins
Liz Webb
Anne Hill
Sue Harris
Rosalie Hollis
Lorrain Brogan
Lucy Baker
Becky Porter
Val Porter
Ella Andrews
Jackie Tardivel
Ella Andrews
Angela Rybarczuk
Jenny Marshall
Karen Scott for beautiful people whose individualism never had the chance to shine
Elizabeth Webb for Capt. David Seath who died during the London Marathon 2016

Quilt #87

Quilt # 87 made by Gisele Therezien using blocks
made by Grouville parishioners in Jersey, UK
Janet Harrison
Julie Le Bailly
Christopher Clark
Margaret LeQuesne
Patricia Gurgan for The Doublet Bros.
Mandy Corbett
Dorothy Perriot
Cara Leanne Thomson
Anthea Pomroy
Karen Clark
Mobile Waring
Maureen Harrison
Miriam Higginson
Sylvia Milne
John Edward LeMaistre for Edna and Alan LeMaistre
Charlie McArdle for all those whose fate was sealed with 2 crosses
Ian Webb for Dianne Neal, great Aunt who worked at Bletchlley Park during WW II

Quilt #88

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Brelade’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Joanne Anderson
Margaret Bellee
Anonymous
Cara Bryant
Veronica Bryant
Betty Bullock for Elizabeth Nicholson
Joan Couvain
Maureen Cobon
Sheila de Caux
Betty Ellis
David Ellis
Laura Ferdinando
Sarah Fitz
Julie Long
Charlotte Monins
Daniel Monins
Steve Monins
Mrs. Rita Pinel
Sarah Raper
Fiona Smith
Sheila Sykes
Mrs. Pauline D. Tagg
Eric Vezie
Marlee Vezie
Susan Ann Le Gresley for Almire Norman
Revd Jo Milliner for all the wonderful contributions which those with Downs make to our world
Andy Milliner for all my mentally handicapped pupils I taught in my 30 years in Special Education
Helen Miles for Duncan Brian Sykes (brother born with Down Syndrome) and Autism Jersey

Quilt #89

Quilt made by Gisele Therezien using blocks made by
St. Clement’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Sarah Weymouth
Natalie Payne
Cassie Leeuwenburg
Muriel Freeman
Irene Beaumont
Jean Anderson
Ann Laframboise
Christine Bunting

Quilt #90

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Lawrence parishioners in Jersey, UK
Lynn Bouchard
Mrs. Gladys Dunell
Mrs. Brenda Emmanuel
Jackie Le Brun
Lynne Lusby
Deidre Mezbourian
Mary Mimmack
Mary Moody
Holly-Hope Perrier
Ann Pipon
Sienna Springett
Simone Springett
Theo Springett
Norma Thomas
Margaret Ward

Quilt #91

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. John’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Sandra Coutanche
Vivienne Day
Thelma Fry
Carole Gowlett
Suzanne La Marquand
Dary Monins
Pat Monins
Mrs. Jane Osborne
Emily Renouf
Sophie Renouf
Sue Renouf
Stuart Rowe
Denise (Dee) Shrives
Jill Keogh

Quilt #92

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
Gladys Dunell for the Parish of St. Lawrence in Jersey, UK

Quilt #93

Quilt made by Gisele Therein using blocks made by
St. Martin’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Mrs. Barbara Le Troquer
Jo Ann Perchard
Annie M. Richardson
Jane Hardy
Helen Toole
Diana Toole
Carole L Broco
Stephen Gooch
Mr. Michel Le Troquer
Anastasia Stone
Paddy Haversham-Quaid
Alice Ferguson
Susan Cuming for Sheila and Stanislaw Elimek
Lizzie Keogh
Miriam Gotrel-Hill
Megan Gaudin
Marlene Henley
Joan Richard

Quilt #94

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Mary’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Jennifer Bratch
Anne Harris
Sue Heppolette
Sharon Knight

Quilt #95

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Ouen Parishioners:
Loretta Cullinaine
Joyce Du Feu
Amy Milner
Emilia Milner
Carolyn Romeril
Mrs. Pauline Syvret
Alex Vautier
Anonymous
Mrs. Brenda Ann Pirozzolo for The Hurel Boys
Theresa Crehan-Ferey for Gary Marck Ferey (husband)

Quilt #96

Made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Peter’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Joan Adamson
Margaret Finch
Connor Le Cuirot
Val Le Cuirot for April Gren and Ivy Evans
Yolanda Logan
Pippin Newton
Freya Pallant
Brenda Smith
Jean M. Vibert

Quilt #97

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Saviour’s parishioners in Jersey, UK
Gisele Therein
Kim Monins
Liz Webb
Anne Hill
Sue Harris
Rosalie Hollis
Lorraine Whiting
Jane Mallet
Ella Andrews
Fatima Dos Reis
Linda Denny
Caroline Glamey
Anonymous
Ella Andrews
Lynsey Hairon
Julie Ferrey
Angela Journeaux
Astrid Corbel & Laura Goldstein
Tina Ware
Kathleen McGill
Linda Denny
Kerry Moisan
Tina Anne Ware
Lynsay Hairon
Linda Denneny
Caroline Blamey
Jane Mallet
Barbara Coram
Pat Derrien
Mary Milon
Janet Averty
Jean Renouf
Beverly Ferey
Margery Gallichan
Sue Quérée
Dawn Heaney for the none survivors
Sadie Le Sueur Rennard for Caroline Monamy

Quilt #98

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
Trinity parishioners in Jersey, UK
Jennifer Bell
Anonymous
Philippa Bertram
Eliana Cowslip
Andrea Elcock
Poppy-Anne Elcock
Tammy Fage
Jayne Grochy
Alison Keogh
Karen Minty
Mrs. Margaret Moisan
Sarah Nugent
Jane Powell
Daphne Tingley
Mrs. J. R. Leighton for James Ross and Philip Leighton, our sons
Carol-Anne Philpott for all the people who suffered under the Nazis
Mrs. K. Powell for Victor Amos Letchford who died in France during World War I

Quilt #99

Quilt and blocks made by Kim Monins
for the Parish Of St. Brelade in Jersey, UK

Quilt #133

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by Jackie le Brun
for the Parish of St. Lawrence in Jersey, UK

Quilt #167

Quilt made by Gisele Therezien using blocks made by
Theresa Crehan-Ferey in memory of her husband
whose racing number was 67.
Photo by Gisele Therezien

Quilt #255

Quilt made by Gisele Therein, using blocks made by Barbara Le Troquer
for the Parish of St. Martin in Jersey, UK

Quilt #260

a Middling made by Sue Harris for the Parish of St. Brelade in Jersey, UK
(I met Sue when I was there to see the exhibit in January 2018.)

Quilt #261

a Middling made by Gisele Therezien
Photo by Gisele Therezien

Quilt # 273

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by Margaret Bellee,
for the Parish of St. Brelade in Jersey, UK

Quilt #335

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by
St. Helier parishioners in Jersey, UK

Quilt #336

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by Lynn Bouchard,
for the Parish of St. Lawrence in Jersey, UK

Quilt #367

Quilt made by Kim Monins using blocks made by Kerry-Jane Warner
for the Parish of St. Helier in Jersey, UK

Information on two Jersey quilts got lost somewhere between
this gorgeous spot of earth and me.
Will post I when the information on Quilt #337 and #394 is found.

And you want to know something fun and thoughtful? When Tari Vickery, The Engineer, and I were there in January 2018 to see the exhibit of all of these quilts at the Jersey Heritage Center, Kim drove us around to see most, if not all, of her photo locations. (Tari, Andy, and I plan to go back and visit One Day. It’s gorgeous.)

The addition of these quilts brings our new Block Count to . . . 41,084!

A huge thank you to Kim and her husband Steve; Gisele and her son Ed; and all the people who commemorated. I can’t wait to visit again.

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Our Commemorations Grow

May 26, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

hands stitching a second red x onto a white piece of fabric

After receiving blocks and quilts from these good people:
Sharleen Jespersen (US)
Nancy A. Erisman (US)
R. Jeffrey Miller (US)
Frederick J. Seitz III (US)
Gabrielle Stephenson (US)
Chester Austin (US)
Alyssa Wilson (US)
Anna M Courier (US)
Michael Williams (US)
Barbara Douglas (US)
Sandra Engstrand (US)
Patti Brletich (US)
Patty Ericsson (US)
Lori Inkel (US)
Helen McPherson (US)
Joyce Thordson (US)
Penny Carpenter (US)
Anonymous
Sheryl Koeur (US)
Karen Dormois (US)
Gayle Jonston (US)
Jeanie Jinkel (US)
Annette Meyers (US)
Laurie Dunn (US)
Mary Vanhecke (US)

Quilt #524 (a Middling)
Laurie Dunn (US)

Quilt #553 (a Long Skinny)
Bev Haring (US)

Quilt #555 (a Middling)
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers

Quilt #558 (a Middling)
Jenny Hicks (UK)

Quilt #559 (a Mini)
Kim Monins (UK)

Quilt #560 (a Mini)
Kitty Sorgen (US)

Quilt #561 (a Mini)
Pam Patterson (US)

Quilt #562 (a Mini)
Pam Patterson (US)

Quilt #563 (a Mini)
Pam Patterson (US)

Quilt #576
with blocks made by:
Linda Hurl (Spain)
Linda Lewis (Spain)
Dee Stephenson (Spain)
Susan Westcott (Spain)
Rita Bowler (Spain)
Jenn Seaborne (Spain)
Debbie Moore (Spain)
Christine Laycock (Spain)
Christine Furnurge (Spain)
Linda Garett (Spain)
Veronica Conway-Smith (Spain)
Sally Ann Cox (Spain)
Barbara Oldham (Spain)
Jan Strange (Spain)

Quilt #577
with blocks made by members of the GT Quilters
(who heard of The 70273 Project from my interview with Sylvia Priest on UKQU):
Ivy Barkhouse (England)
Lynn Banks (UK)
Donna Sales (UK)
Sylvia Priest (England)
Madeleine Stocks (UK)
Dee Ball (England)
Lucy Durston-Birk (UK)
Kay Radford (Australia)
Sheila Chapman (UK)
Amy Watson, leader of GT Quilters (UK)

the number of people we have commemorated is now 39,742.

Though there will be more long-overdue updates in the next few days, we still have more to commemorate, so please keep stitching and sending. And please always remember how grateful I am to have each of you walk beside me on this path.

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Perhaps you want to . . .
make a Mini
make a Middling
make a Long Skinny
make blocks

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A Credo for Support

May 11, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Today, a letter from Linda Heron, an Ambassador for The 70273 Project . . .

Hi Jeanne,

This was hanging in my new doctor’s office.

It was dedicated to Tracy Latimer, a severely disabled 12 year old who was “mercy killed” by her father . After an extremely long trial that went to the Supreme Court in Canada, he was sentenced to 7 years for second degree murder.

It seems a bit long for the 70,273 facebook page but I thought you should see it.

Also there’s a wonderful video on youtube.

Thanks for all you do,

Linda Heron

Toronto Canada

A CREDO FOR SUPPORT
Do Not see my disability as the problem.
Recognize that my disability is an attribute.

Do Not see my disability as a deficit.
It is you who see me as a deviant and helpless.

Do Not try to fix me because I am not broken.
Support me. I can make my contribution to the
community in my way.

Do Not see me as your client.
I am your fellow citizen.
See me as your neighbour.
Remember, none of us can be self-sufficient.

Do Not try to modify my behaviour.
Be still & listen.
What you define as inappropriate
may be my attempt to communicate with you
in the only way I can.

Do Not try to change me, you have no right.
Help me learn what I want to know.

Do Not hide your uncertainty behind “professional” distance.
Be a person who listens, and does not take my
Struggle away from me by trying to make it all better.

Do Not use theories and strategies on me.
Be with me.
And when we struggle with each other,
let that give rise to self-reflection.

Do Not try to control me.
I have a right to my power as a person.
What you call non-compliance or manipulation may
actually be the only way I can exert some control over my life.

Do Not teach me to be obedient, submissive, and polite.
I need to feel entitled to say No if I am to protect myself.

Do Not be charitable towards me.
The last thing the world needs is another Jerry Lewis.
Be my ally against those who exploit me for their own gratification.

Do Not try to be my friend. I deserve more than that.
Get to know me. We may become friends.

Do Not help me, even if it does make you feel good.
Ask me if I need your help.
Let me show you how you can best assist me.

Do Not admire me.
A desire to live a full life does not warrant adoration.
Respect me, for respect presumes equity.

Do Not tell, correct and lead.
Listen, Support, and Follow.

Do Not work on me.
Work with me.

Norman Kunc and Emma Vander Klift

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Thank you, Linda, for sending this, for making blocks and quilts, and for all you do to help move us to a time when talk not of disabilities or special needs or developmentally delayed, but simply of people.

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Other places to gather around The 70273 Project water cooler:

Shop with Amazon Smile and support The 70273 Project (USA only).

Subscribe to the blog.

Receive the occasional XXtra Newsletter.

Join the English-speaking Facebook group.

Join the French-speaking Facebook group.

Like the Facebook page.

Follow the pinterest board.

Post using #the70273project on Instagram. (Please tag me, too, @whollyjeanne, so I don’t miss anything.)

And if you haven’t yet made some blocks, perhaps you’d like to put some cloth in your hands and join us.

Or maybe you’d like to gather friends and family, colleagues or students, club or guild members, etc. together and make a group quilt.