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Quilting for All Reasons
Few articles we've published over the years have elicited as much response as "Felonious Quilting" by Kevin R. Henry (TQ, July 2010). Mr. Henry and some of the other inmates at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, Indiana, are avid quilters who make quilts for a variety of causes, including helping the homeless and honoring fallen soldiers. Many of you wrote to ask where you could send donations of fabric, books, and other quilting supplies. Click here for contact information. The prisoners are still hard at work and have just completed a 40' x 40' quilted flag to honor the military. Click here to see a photo of the flag. They even appeared on television! Click here for the video. Meanwhile, if you missed the article, you can read the PDF here.
Quilting for a cause is dear to many quilters, and you're never too young to start, as nursery school teacher Karen Rauner demonstrates in this issue. Karen and her class of four-year-olds at Westminster Nursery School in Toms River, New Jersey, assembled a quilt from a pattern that appeared in a past issue of TQ in order to raise money for Doctors Without Borders.
If you love quilt history, you'll also want to read about early American quilts from the Winterthur Museum collection, a blue and white antique quilt exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum, and vintage embroidery pieces from the last century.
Finally, don't forget to check out the Machine Quilter section. "What Do Judges Want?" and "Quilting in the Dark" will provide plenty of information and inspiration!
May you all have a wonderful summer—see some shows and keep on quilting!
Quilt and enjoy.
