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Meet Nancy. It was Friday, the end of a long, full week,
and The Girls were happy, sleepy, and punch happy.

LOOKING BACK

Week two of The 70273 Project  did not disappoint. Things were quite busy as The Engineer and I spent the week in Florida tending to Nancy’s pressing needs. It was a week filled with meetings and planning and what I think will soon be called good outcomes. I was, however, completely exhausted and slept most of yesterday, so please excuse my tardiness in posting this recap . . .

~ We now have now been visited and/or contacted by 40 countries.

~ Had a ball fielding questions in a twitter chat moderated by Meredith Shadwill for #storydam .

~ Received many supportive, encouraging, enthusiastic emails from around the world.

~ Posses are being formed as folks get church groups, Adult Day Training programs, families (including husbands and granddaughters), quilt shops, and schools  involved.

~ One podcast interview scheduled. Details to follow.

~ I’ve been booked as a speaker at a training day in Florida in June.

~ More than 250 flyers have been posted, and more than 500 info cards distributed (that I know of).

~ One guest blog post appeared here. Thank you, Hilke.

~ I understand that envelopes filled with blocks are waiting on me at the post office, and I can’t wait to get my hands on them when we get back on Wednesday. Stay tuned for photos and bios.

Just hitting the high points here. Look for more specifics to come along later this week.

LOOKING FORWARD

Tomorrow’s March 1, so you know what that means :: 31 Blocks in 31 Days! You can make a block a day, 31 blocks in one day, or anything in between. I’m hoping that by month’s end, we will have at least 100 folks turning in 31 blocks each. It’s not too late to join or to spread the word, so please do both.

We have a new Facebook page! If you’re on Facebook, so drop by and “like” it and invite your friends to like it. Though you can post on The 70273 Project page, I do hope you’ll continue posting on your Facebook timeline, too, (and remember to tag me so I see it) because that really helps get the word out.

I’m gonna’ be doing a little housekeeper around here, making things easier to find, so watch for it and do send along any ideas you have cause you know good and well I can’t think of everything myself. I just can’t.

And if you have a group you’d like me to speak to, or if you’d like to chat with me for a podcast, tv show, or guest blog post, or if you have an idea, or if you just want to talk, do let me know.

If you haven’t already subscribed, click right here.

LOOKING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

Thank y’all so very much for your enthusiastic support of The 70273 Project. Please don’t stop.

One week ago on Valentine’s Day, Love Day, my birthday, I launched The 70273 Project to commemorate the lives of the 70273 disabled people who were murdered by German Nazis, and let me tell you: the response has been phenomenal.

I’ve heard from people in 32 countries.

Have penned one guest blog post.

Have been invited for one podcast interview, two television interviews, another guest blog post, to present at one writing workshop, and to provide a prompt for a writing challenge. (Stay tuned for details and links.)

I hold 20 blocks made by myself and family members.

There are people sending fabric to other people. There are women who are offering instruction to those whose hands have only touched fabric to zip or button or pin. There are women who’ve put fabric and thread in the hands of their husbands. People are planning Block Parties and putting out flyers and emailing others about The 70273 Project. There are so many people posting on facebook and sharing each other’s posts, I’m unable to stop by each one to say Thank you. (Please don’t hold that against me, and if you’ll tag me, I promise to stop by.)

People are tweeting, too, putting me in touch with all kinds of amazingly fantastic possibilities.

The project is being mentioned in digital newsletters far and wide.

Peeps from different countries reach out and ask to be The 70273 Project Ambassador for their country.

Folks help me grow the Thoughtfully Asked Questions page by asking really good questions.

People have designed promotional literature and helped me figure out things and given me digital back rubs.

People continue to subscribe so they’ll stay in the know.

Several folks have suggested venues where we might exhibit the quilts when they’re completed.

Financial donations have been made.

We have a pinterest board (that’s still being updated. Bear with me.)

We’re starting a Make-a-Block-a-Day-for-a-Month on March 1, so stay tuned for more specific info about that.

Well, you get the idea. Like I said, the response has been nothing short of phenomenal, and on behalf of my fingers, the 70273 souls we commemorate, and the disabled people we hold dear, thank you.

Y’all are absolutely amazing.  Thank you for all you’ve done and all you’ll continue to do to see this project through.