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Holiday Rescues and Remedies

December 16, 2018 / / 0 Comments

It’s the most wonderful time of the year when people around the world gather and spend time with beloved friends and families . . . SO . . . when you get tired of hearing the same ole’ stories, when that one certain family member is stomping on your last nerve, when the kids are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, it’s time to pull out fabric and thread and make some blocks for The 70273 Project.

pieces of white fabric covered with pairs of red X's

Blocks made by Susan Burch and her Grandchildren

two young boys smile broadly while surveying the table filled with

2 of Laurie Dunn’s adorable Grandchildren spent time at the beach making blocks (and decorating shells, some of which they sent to me with their blocks).

GRANDS

If it’s just too cold to send the little darlings outside to run off some of that energy, sit ’em down and make some blocks. You make one red X and your  grandchild makes the other red X.

 

pieces of white fabric covered with pairs of red X's

Blocks made by Siblings Peggy Thomas, Linda Moore, and Pat McGregor

SIBLINGS

Instead of sticking your tongue out at your sister or making horns behind your brother’s head when someone points a camera in your direction, thread your needle and make Sibling Blocks. One siblings makes a red X’s on a block, then another siblings adds the second red X. Depending on how many siblings you have, it may take several blocks before everybody has made a block with each sibling (and that’s just fie with me).

men and women sit at a table and stitch

Kitty Sorgen’s family work on the blocks for their family quilt

a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #31: The Sorgen / Urbach Famliy Quilt

FAMILIES

When Grandpa takes an afternoon nap and snores so loudly you can’t hear yourself think, take a cue from Kitty Sorgen and get everybody involved in making your own family quilt. Everybody makes their own blocks OR pairs of family members can make collaborative blocks, each making on red X. With no minimum or maximum number of blocks, you can put up needle and thread when ready. After the holiday, you or another willing soul can turn these family blocks into a quilt for The 70273 Project.

two red X's on a white background

A collaborative block made by Nancy and me. She drew in red, then I printed her drawing on fabric and used it to make the two red X’s.

COLLABORATE WITH ME (JEANNE)

And when you reach the point where it’s grab some time to yourself or climb the walls and swing from the chandelier, quietly pick up your cloth, scissors, and thread and go make blocks with only one red X then send them to me and I’ll add the second red X.

IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

~ Blocks are made per usual – in one of three sizes with two (or one if we’re collaborating) red X’s.

~ Just like always, everybody needs a Provenance Form.

~ Please make a note in the upper righthand corner of each Provenance Form and let me know if the blocks are to go into The Grands Quilt; The Siblings Quilt; or the I Collaborated with Jeanne Quilt.

~ If you opt to make a family quilt and can’t find anybody to piece and quilt it, make a note in the upper righthand corner of each Provenance Form that this is the _________ Family Quilt then send me the blocks and Provenance Forms and I’ll find a volunteer. (Who will become like a valued member of your family. Trust me on that.)

~ Right this way for more information about Collaborating with Me.

~ For more information about Grandparents/Grandchildren Blocks and Family Quilts, go here and here.

~ Go here to find out more about making Siblings Blocks.

Now, go enjoy your time together.

Oh, if you’re looking for a gift for someone who has everything (related to you or not), we love being elves, so consider making a donation to The 70273 Project in their honor. Let us know if you want us to send them a handwritten note letting them know, and we’ll sure do it. And hey, thank you.

Monday Meme: Grace

December 10, 2018 / / 0 Comments

The words "Grace is Free" embellish a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's in the background.

 

Would you like to download and share this image via your blog and social media outlets?
That would be fantastic.
On a Mac:
1. place the cursor over the image.
2. Hold down the Control key.
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I am fluent only in Apple, so if anybody knows how to do this on a PC, please let me know.

Meet Quilt 652

December 5, 2018 / / 0 Comments

white fabric covered with pairs of red X's

 

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

 

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

 

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

The 70273 Project Quilt 652
40 commemorations
44.5″ x 71″ / 113cm x 180 cm
Completed November 2018

Pieced by: Elsa Mumford (USA)
Quilted by: Maggie Dupuis (USA)
Finished by: Millie Little (USA)

Blocks made by:
Janet Gerhardt (USA)
Ginger Alberti (USA)
Mary Jo Beveridge (USA)
Anonymous
Betty Jokinen (USA)
Chari Johnson (USA)
Benita Maksimchuk (USA)
Carol Tallon (USA)
Mary Ann Anderson (USA)
Barbara Rickard (USA)
Claire Snow (USA)
Patricia Carbine (USA)
Maggie Dupuis (USA)
Nancy C. Kubin (USA)
Pam Hawley (USA)
Rae Louise Matson (USA)
Betty Overocker (USA)
Patty Rose (USA)
Elsa Mumford (USA)
Karen Secor (USA)
Millie Little (USA)

Writes Claire Snow . . .

This quilt was made by the Sandstone Piecemakers of Calumet, Michigan, a quilt guild that has been in existence for almost 25 years. We’re located in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan in what was the center of the Copper Mining industry at the turn of the 20th century. 

Th project came about when a group of our guild members attended the 2018 Minnesota Annual Quilt Show in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The ladies were deeply struck when they saw the display of The 70273 Project. It touched their hearts in a way they knew it was the perfect project for our guild. We were so excited by the project as a guild that in our recent quilt show in September, we set up a small display of our blocks that were completed and shared the story with fellow quilters of the UP. We take great pride in participating in this project and being able to spread the word of those victims with special needs who died so that the 70273 will never be forgotten.

Thank you, Claire and Members of the Sandstone Piecemakers for this beautiful contribution to The 70273 Project, and thank you, Claire, for the beautiful photos and for gathering and sending all the requested information. Would your guild or group like to make a quilt? Here’s how.

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Other ways to stay in touch and get involved in The 70273 Project:

Join the English Facebook Campfire (group)

Join the French Facebook group

Like The 70273 Project Facebook page

Subscribe to the blog

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Post and follow on Instagram (Please tag me – @whollyjeanne – and use #the70273project)

Color Me Grateful

November 22, 2018 / / 0 Comments

As we travel doing presentations and block drives for The 70273 Project the past four weeks, The Engineer and I have seen 3 ocean views , , ,

large rocks in the ocean with much white foam

Mendocino, California

massive, mountainous rocks surrounded by light blue ocean under gray skies

Mendocino, California

woman in pink hat and blue glasses stands beside a white-haired man in front of the ocean

The Artist and The Engineer in Mendocino, California

a fuzzy sun shines down on the clouded blue sky over the ocean

Mendocino, California

sun shining in blue sky over ocean surrounded by rocks

Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine

white haired man stands beside woman in pink hat in front of the ocean

The Engineer and The Artist at Acadia National Park in Bar harbor, Maine

white foam of the ocean splashing on huge rocks

Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine

blue sky over beach and a black bird

Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

woman wades in ocean under a blue sky

My mother wades in the ocean at Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

grasses, sand, ocean, blue sky

Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

the moon shines over the ocean

I see the moon, and the moon over Daytona Beach Shores seize(s) me

Three oceans – the same because they’re all awesomely impressive bodies of water, each different in its own way. That’s the way I like oceans, and that’s the way I like people – the same because we’re humans, delightfully unique in our own individual ways. On whatever path we met – writing, stitching, through The 70273 Project; whether we met in school or through other friends or as a result of an unanticipated coincidence, on this US Thanksgiving Day – and on any ordinary day, for that matter – I am tickled and thankful to have you in my life. Grateful for all the goodness, kindness, and compassion you continue to  spill into the world.

Choose one . . . or both:
Happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thursday.

The 70273 Project SHELF-ish Pursuits Book Club November 2018 Selection

November 11, 2018 / / 0 Comments
a man in a red shirt, a woman in a white blouse, a woman in a camouflage jacket, a man in a black jacket, and a black lab dog stand in front of white quilts covered with pairs of red X's

L to R: The Engineer (Andy), Jeanne, Shirley, Wes, and Nealy

I met Shirley and Wes at the International Quilt Festival in November 2017, and we’ve been friends ever since. Seein’ as how today is Veterans Day and seein’ as how Wes is a US veteran and seein’ as how the ink is barely dry on their new book about Wes’ life during World War II (and beyond), I thought their new book – Wesselhoeft: Traded to the Enemy – would be a fine way to start our 70273 SHELF-ish Pursuit Book Club back up.

photo of a young boy wearing a sailor suit

man in uniform stands before a US flag holding the leash of a black dog

Wes’s story is a compelling one, so go get yourself a copy and get to reading. I’ve got my copy, and I’m planning to read it next week. We’ll reconvene at a yet-to-be-announced day in December to discuss the book when Shirley and hopefully Wes and who knows – maybe even Nealy (Wes’ seeing eye dog), too –  have agreed to be part of our discussion, so be sure to make notes and jot down questions as you read. Details about the discussion to follow in a blog post and in The 70273 Project Campfire on Facebook, where we gather around a digital campfire, sitting on digital logs, devouring digital s’mores.

a black lab licks a woman in white's face

Nealy. I love him. And I don’t know about you, but it kinda’ looks to me like he might like me a little bit, too.

A great big Thank you to Stephanie Brown Bowen for starting and naming The 70273 Project SHELFish Pursuit Book Club and for getting us going.  I hope she’ll be able to join us every now ‘n then.

The Equity, Access, and Inclusion Conference at the University of Maine

November 6, 2018 / / 0 Comments

people sewing around a table with quilts hanging in the background

I met Sara Henry, Director of Student Accessibility Services and Conference Organizer at the University of Maine,  at the AHEAD Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July 2018 when she stopped by The 70273 Project booth to make a block. When she invited me to be a presenter and host a 70273 Project Block Drive as part of the conference that’s a World Usability Day event, I was delighted and honored to respond with a hearty “Yes.”

The conference is from 9 am to 4 pm and offers an amazing variety of speakers and useable information. And there’s more: the conference is open to the public! Registration is quick, easy, and can be tended to here. Go here for a schedule, map, and other information.

I recently interviewed Sara Henry as part of growing The 70273 Project Podcast. Give a listen here or watch it on The 70273 Project You Tube Channel for the visual version. Note: Bear with me as I learn how to do this, and remember, we embrace imperfections.

 

 

We’ve fallen in love with Maine
as we make our way to Orono and the University of Maine campus.

white wooden house with chimney

blue house with white grim and two chimneys

the houses that seem capable and confident, ready to shelter the people they love

buildings of various sizes in a small town where cars line the streets

the small towns that whisk me back in time to my Fayetteville, GA childhood

gray skies over boats on the water

the boats

metal supports on a bridge with gray sky in the background

the Penobscot Bridge (Oh how The Engineer loves bridges!)

a happy man enjoying fresh lobster and corn on the cob and clam chowder

and lobster

a windshield wiper obscures part of the Acadia National Park sign

Acadia National Park

leaves of orange and red and yellow appear in front of the ocean clouded in fog and surrounded by trees and hills

its water

a man and a woman stand in front of a tree in Acadia National Forest

trees on the edge of the ocean

and its trees
all quite beautiful despite the rain and fog it dressed in today.

We’ve lingered in two bookstores, and I declare, y’all, they have revived me. The scenery and the bookstores – oh my goodness – the stories are popping up everywhere.

Oh, and when The Engineer spied the sign for the quilt store, we stopped
and left some cards for The 70273 Project
and shopped – you know I shopped a little.

Come to the conference if you can. And be sure to get up in my face and say Hey.

Interview: Julie Sefton

October 29, 2018 / / 0 Comments
book cover with various colored barns on a blue background

Julie Sefton’s book

Julie Sefton and I met and became friends through one of my favorite blogs written by one of my favorite people: Jude Hill. (Jude has been very supportive of The 70273 Project since its inception. Thank you, Jude.) As sometimes happens, our families took us in different directions, and then through the magic of Margaret Andrews, Julie and I reconnected. Julie is not only a remarkable woman and quilter, she has a son with a disability and is coordinating The 70273 Project Special Exhibit for the upcoming Davies Manor 22nd Annual Quilt and Fiber Arts Show.

Besides talking about her personal quilting preferences and journey (I coined the phrase “bioquiltography” a decade or so ago. Once had a blog by that name, too.), Julie tells us more about The Davies Manor Quilt Show coming up this weekend and The 70273 Project Special Exhibit that will be there. If you live in the vicinity of Memphis or more specifically Bartlett, Tennessee and can go lend a hand at The 70273 Project exhibit, telling folks about the project, putting info in their hands, helping them make blocks and make sure they complete a Provenance Form, that would be fantastic! Let me know and I’ll pass your info along to Julie who will join me in being oh so grateful.

Here are the particulars:
Who: Davies Manor’s Association 22nd Annual Quilt and Fiber Arts Show
What: An annual quilt show that this year includes a Special Exhibit of The 70273 Project quilts
When: Friday, 11/2/2018; Saturday, 11/3/2018; and Sunday, 11/4/2018 from 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Located just off exit 20 of I-40 with entrances at 9336 Davies Plantation Road and 3570 Daviesshire Drive, Bartlett, TN
How: For more information, visit Davies Manor Plantation Facebook page and the Davies Manor web site 
How much: $5.00 for one day or $8.00 for all 3 days

A note before we begin: we experienced technical difficulties with Julie’s interview . . . we simply could not convince the microphone on her computer to play nicely. We asked, we cajoled, we pleaded and nothing worked. So eventually I just asked Julie to sit as close to the microphone as she could and talk as loudly as possible because we’re The 70273 Project Tribe, which means that we find the beauty in the imperfect, keep going forward no matter what, and know that the flip side is always joy. So turn your volume up as far as it will go and huddle up with your computer cause I think you’ll find what Julie has to say as interesting as I do.

Thank you, Julie, for being such a valuable member of The 70273 Project. Thank you, Margaret Andrews, for not only bringing us back together, but for finishing so many quilts that will be on display at Davies Manor. And thank you Nancy who’s in charge of the Davies Manor Quilt Show for taking such good care of The 70273 Project.

Here’s where you can find more of Julie. Be sure you give yourself plenty of time to read and look!
her current blog
her previous blog
her books
instagram
pinterest
one blog post Julie wrote about ‘the 70273 Project
another blog post Julie wrote about The 70273 Project
Julie’s Build a Barn book she talks about in the interview can be found on Amazon and at BN.comhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/build-a-barn-julie-sefton/1122723864?ean=9781604604115 and at the AQS Online Bookstore in paper edition or ebook. She’ll even autograph them for you if you’d like.

Julie . . .
~ teaches classes at her local quilt shop, Fabric for the Flock in Barlett, TN
~ has a Lecture/Trunk show for he Picking up the Pieces Guild in Memphis, TN on February 26, 2019 (no website)
~ will do a Lecture/Trunk Show for The Scrap Club hosted by Kevin the Quilter in O’Fallon, IL on February 28, 2019 with a workshop the following day
~ will teach a week-long class at the John C. Campbell Folk School in September 2019. Registration to open soon.

Would you be willing to let me interview you for The 70273 Project podcast? Send me a note via Facebook or email. or Instagram. I’m posting them as blog posts right now while I get an inventory and can handle it like an official podcast, posting the interviews in all the usual podcast lineups. Soon, y’all, soon.

And one more thing: If you’re anywhere near the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton, Florida, come to the library on Tuesday, 10/30/18  to say Hey and make a block. We’ll be there all day, from 8 am to 5 pm as part of Disabilities Awareness Month. Thank you, Michell Shaw, Director of Student Accessibility Services!

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

Subscribe to The 70273 Project XXtra monthly newsletter.

Visit, like, and subscribe to The 70273 Project You Tube channel.

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.

Follow the pinterest board for visual information.

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

The Block Count Grows Again!

October 28, 2018 / / 0 Comments
male wearing bluejeans and a jacket brings a box filled with parcels, packages, and envelopes from the post office

The Engineer fetches the mail

If you visit Jeanne’s Time Journal page, you’ll see that I’ve been on the road a good bit lately, and while I still manage to get a lot done, I haven’t been here to check-in blocks. I’m delighted to tell you that Peggy Thomas has generously offered to take over The 70273 Project record keeping! Never one to let moss grow under her feet, Peggy has already enlisted the help of Nancy Carroll, Lori Grillo, and Gladys Loewen who are busy entering information into a . . . spreadsheet . . . called The Missus.

Note: Spreadsheets shut me down and stomp me flat – and I mean just the word “spreadsheets”. I can’t even say it out of my mouth without stuttering and stammering. So Peggy and Nancy and Lori and Gladys have agreed to use “Landscape Oriented Tables” or “LOTs” when talking to me.

Anyway, that’s all happening in the background, and we’re figuring out new systems for handing off and recording and sharing and all such as that. For now, here are the newly-received items I’ve checked in (so far):

QUILT TOPS pieced by
Ellen Binsfeld
Carliss Paige
Edna Jamandre
Joyce Baumgarten
Cale Koltes

QUILTS quilted and finished by
Mary Ellen Swanson
Alejandrina Pattin
Erin & Serena Bross
Carlyn Clark
Hayling Island Piecemakers
Teddy Pruett
Sew and Sewcial Group
Wittering Quilters
Bonnie Larrison Anderson

BLOCKS from
Anonymous
Bonnie Larrison Anderson
Amy and the GT Quilters

Just look at that graph at the bottom of the page grow towards the sun as this brings our block count to 56,119!

We have bundles of blocks ready to be sent out to volunteers who will piece and quilt or just piece them, and we have quilt tops ready to go to volunteers who will quilt and finish them. If you’re willing to receive bundles and/or tops, please let me know which you prefer and how many you want. As always, I thank you with my whole heart for being part of The 70273 Project Tribe.

And of course we still need blocks/commemorations, so tell everybody you know.

I know many of you are working on blocks and tops and quilts, and while I don’t want to rush you, I sure would appreciate it if you could finish them and have them to me by our third anniversary: 14 Feb 19. If you could get them to me by 01 Feb 19, that would be even better as Peggy and I will have time to check them in.

Besides a new Recordkeeping Group, there’s much that’s new and exciting and coming up in The 70273 Project, so stay tuned.

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Other places to gather around The 70273 Project water cooler:

Shop with Amazon Smile and support The 70273 Project.

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

Subscribe to The 70273 Project XXtra monthly newsletter.

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.

Follow the pinterest board for visual information.

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.

A Block Count Update

October 5, 2018 / / 0 Comments
72 white quilt blocks, each embellished with a pair of red X's

Blocks made by Alida Palmisano

What you’ve all been waiting for (for far too long). There are so many reasons it’s taken me this long to update the block count, but I’d rather list the Makers, wouldn’t you? This is only a partial update, mind you. There will be another update next week. And there are still many blocks and quilts coming from all over the world. The 70273 Project has exploded to the point that I no longer add blocks to the count until the blocks or quilts are in my hands. I just don’t have the brain bandwidth to keep up with what’s here, what’s not, what’s been counted, what hasn’t.

This week’s Honor Roll of Makers includes:

Jackie Reichardt (FL, US) for her daughter Katerina Lynn Reichardt
Kathy Seelbach (NV, US)  for Rosemary Kalitzki, her mother and a Holocaust survivor
Peggy Hicks (TX, US)
Anonymous
Jeanette Parker (UT, US)
Diane Aronson (MN, US) for the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust Shoah
Virginia Waymire (CA, US)
Jenelll Henning (OK, US) for Thomas Henning, Cevin Forrester, and Austin Blackwell
Jane Gehring (TX, US) for all who suffered at the hands of the Nazis
Jane Melon (MN, US)
Alida Palmisano (MD, US)
Shellie Specter (FL, US)
Ivy Jensen (TX, US)
Jo Ann Luco (TX, US)
Rita Joseck (TX, US)
Yvonne Wilson (TX, US)
Vian Tompkins (MO, US)
Cheryl Cramer (WA, US)
Judy J. Cobb (WA, US) for The Lintz Family from Prussia to Philadelphia, PA
Susan Carpenter (WA, US) for Helen Engelmann, Huberta Terwilleger, and Polly Carpenter
Marylu Cunning (Wa, US) for Jeremy Ray Cunning and Michael Witt

Thanks to these good, compassionate people, our new block count is:

55,863!

And remember: there are more waiting to be checked in next week, so subscribe or remember to drop by. Are you going to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX this year? Would you like to meet up and/or deliver blocks and quilts to me? Email me and let’s make a plan.

Interviewing Tari Vickery

October 4, 2018 / / 0 Comments
two women wearing coats standing on the beach

L to R: Tari Vickery and Jeanne Hewell-Chambers in Channel Islands, UK January 2018

Perhaps you know her in person or through social media. Tari Vickery is a friend to me, to many of you, and to The 70273 Project. She is a 70273 Project Ambassador, an administrator for The 70273 Project Campfire Group and for The 70273 Project Facebook page, and because she spent a semester in France through a study abroad program, her French is good enough that she frequently takes part in discussion in The 70273 Project French Group .

three people - two women and a man - stand in front of a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

L to R: Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, The Engineer, and Tari Vickery at the International Quilt Festival in November 2017

Last year, Tari generously volunteered to be the Financial Manager for The 70273 Project, keeping track of all things related to money – including (but not limited to) receipts, expenditures, and donations. With her background as Founder of the Life Matters Financial Group, she is uniquely qualified to do this, and we are deeply grateful to her for sharing her time and expertise with The 70273 Project.

Tari’s birthday is coming up soon – October 17, to be exact – and she’s set up a fundraiser for The 70273 Project on her Facebook timeline. It’s her birthday, and we get the gifts! If you’re friends on Facebook, perhaps you’d like to make a donation and/or share her fundraiser so others can. You’ll be hearing more from Tari in the coming months.

Give a listen to my recent interview with Tari to find out why The 70273 Project matters to her. And hey, the beginning isn’t perfect. But so what, right?

Thank you, Tari, for all the goodness you spill into my world, our world, The 70273 Project world.

Other places to find Tari:
Facebook
Grandparents Afar Facebook Group
Until You’ve Been There Facebook Group 
Life Matters Financial Group on Facebook
Life Matters Financial Group web site
InstaGram

If all goes according to plan, I’ll make The 70273 Project Podcast official next week, and for us to be considered legitimate, I need to get several episodes up as quickly as possible. Would you be willing to chat with me? I’m setting up an app so you can schedule yourself, but until I do, email me, find me on Facebook, or leave a comment and let me know.

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