Jan MacFadyen is an amazing person. She is living near a flood zone, but if you click on her blog - above, you will realise that she is all about helping others whose homes have been flooded. 2 years ago, Jan and others (names I don't know), made, collected and distributed many quilts to Bushfire victims/survivors. This year she is using her extreme selflessness, with some help from others to co-ordinate a massive quilt drive to provide for those in both the Queensland and Victorian floods.
My photos here are the small donation I was able to make to Jan for her charity quilting:
A pile of 11in squares, ready for QAYG string quilts...
A pile of cotton fabrics, washed and ready to be chopped up into strings for Quilts...
Then,into the box, complete with 22m of pre-made binding, ready for Jan to use.
Here is the message which Jan sent to me after receiving the box which I sent her for the Flood Victims:
We were very lucky not to be flooded this time and I really feel for the poor people in the Swan Hill area. The anxiety and worry about whether or not you will have flood water through your home is very stressful.
Many thanks for the lovely large box of fabric, binding and wadding squares. It will all be put to good use ASAP.
If you keep an eye on my blogs you should see some of them made into quilts very soon.
Thanks for all your help with this very large project.
Hugs Jan Mac
Jan - I am very happy to help in any way I can and I urge everyone out there to do their thing for Charity Quilting - a small donation of fabric, money, wadding, cotton thread or even quilt blocks and quilts along with help to distribute them can make such a big difference to one or many people.
1 comment:
Hi Andrea, just found you via Jindi's Cottage blog.. Had to laugh at your description of yourself.... it is so me too!! flitting from one thing to another..
We live nearby to Jan, and I actually worked at the same workplace a couple of years ago..
Such a worth while thing she is doing, and you have helped enormously..
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