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Old 05-08-2014, 05:21 AM
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I'd like to share this photo of a quilt I have made for someone special, even though I have never met her. I live in a beautful area of Western Australia known locally as the Perth Hills. Unfortunately being surrounded by bush has its disadvantages when we have a very long, hot summer as we have just experienced. A few months ago a devastating bush fire swept through our lovely area leaving 57 families without homes. The one blessing was that no lives were lost.
The wonderful quilting group that I attend at our local church rallied immediately and every family who lost their home will receive a quilt and where there are children there will be one each. I chose to make this one for a particular lady who is a teacher at a nearby primary school. She is a keen collector of teddy bears and of course lost them all with her home. I hope she will like it.
I would also like to day a big thank you to whoever designed this quilt. I copied it from a photo on Flickr and take no credit whatever for the design.
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Old 05-08-2014, 05:25 AM
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A really great quilt! Bless you and your group for reaching out to those families~~
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​Very cute!
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That is a fantastic quilt, your story made me cry this morning and I can imagine the tears of joy this lovely lady will shed when she sees the beautiful quilt and realizes that someone took the time to learn about her and then made it just for her. You and your quilting group are doing a very sweet thing I'm sure everyone will love their quilts.
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This is absolutely marvelous!!
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very nicely done and generous
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She will feel so special when she sees this. It is a fabulous Teddy and you are so thoughtful to make this design for her.
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What a thoughtful group, your quilt is lovely. Looks similar to one from the Quilt for kids book by Pam Bono.
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Your quilt is wonderful!
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What a nice thing to do, and your quilt is darling.
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