How devastating! - I'm sure she knows how many quilters feel for her & want to help. Moving can be traumatic enough, whether for a good reason or bad one; but to lose our treasures can leave a gaping hole in our hearts. Losses such as these tend to make the rest of us realize how blessed we are - & how quickly life can change! 'Going to spend the rest of the day grateful for what I have!!

I am so sorry for her. When I was 17 our house caught fire in the attic. My mom, me and two brother had to crawl out of a bedroom window to get out, My Dad was at work. and came home to a pile of ashes. It was hard times but we were thankful that we were all OK.

Gosh,I am so sorry to hear that.I will pray for her and her family and hope that she gets back on her feet again real soon.I am sending many blessings,(blessings,quilt-n-frenz) :|

How sad! I could send something too!

OMGosh, I too lost everything to a fire back in 1996, including all the quilts my grandmother and I had worked on when I was just a little girl and all of her quilts that had been given to me when she died. The loss is devastating and there are things that can never be replaced. but you can move on and the fire didn't destroy the memories only the material things, and I have since made new memories and collected new material things. Is there something that we can do for her?

You all are so sweet for wanting to help Jackie. Here's a thread I started this morning: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-58550-1.htm :mrgreen:

My opinion.

It looks like what was burned were her family heirlooms and her quilts (according to the article)...I'm betting that with working at the Stitchin Post for 20 years, that the woman has a stash to beat any of ours...

If you want to do something for her, I'd suggest signature blocks of some kind with your name and location on them...sent to someone with better skills than mine to be assembled and quilted. I could deliver the quilt, have my sister (a lurker here!!) in Sisters, and I don't live far from there...or the finished quilt could be sent to Jackie in care of the Stitchin Post...I'm positive that Jean Wells would make sure she got it...

Would just have to decide on block size and pattern...

Okay -- Charlee maybe you can call the shop and ask them if she lost her SUPPLIES vs just quilts and heilooms. I may have read the article wrong. I'm in appointments ALL day long and can't call...... :)

Oh how sad. We had a barn fire last year and my husband lost all his restored antique tractors. I could not imagine losing things like that in a fire.

This is very sad, maybe a nice card will make her feel better also.


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