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seaglass

(8,181 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:05 AM Oct 2019

A thousand needle workers volunteer to finish dead woman's quilt

I saw the original tweets on Twitter yesterday. This woman buys projects at estate sales and finishes them, mostly embroidery but she found the beginnings of a quilt and this is what happened...





https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50169038

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A thousand needle workers volunteer to finish dead woman's quilt (Original Post) seaglass Oct 2019 OP
K&R and thanks. Gorgeous quilt, lovely story! nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #1
Cool story! Thanks for sharing. flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #2
Humans are amazing ornotna Oct 2019 #3
What a lovely story. femmocrat Oct 2019 #4
what a Wonderful Story, So many people coming together to finish the quilt. dem in texas Oct 2019 #5
Tears in my eyes. Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #6
What a story! It was on display for two weeks at the National Quilt Museum yellowdogintexas Nov 2021 #7

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
4. What a lovely story.
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 08:29 AM
Oct 2019

I have so many unfinished craft kits and one quilt. So kind of people to take an interest in this woman’s life work.

dem in texas

(2,681 posts)
5. what a Wonderful Story, So many people coming together to finish the quilt.
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 12:38 AM
Oct 2019

Once the embroidery work is done and the blocks are sewn together, there should be a giant quilting bee to quilt the top. Wish I could take part in the fun.

Dem2theMax

(10,406 posts)
6. Tears in my eyes.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 03:31 PM
Oct 2019

What a lovely story. I need to read these kinds of things to remember that there is still good in the world. Thank you so much for posting it.

yellowdogintexas

(22,819 posts)
7. What a story! It was on display for two weeks at the National Quilt Museum
Sun Nov 14, 2021, 02:52 PM
Nov 2021

It's in Paducah, Kentucky.

link: https://quiltmuseum.org/the-quilters-spot/ritas-quilt-debut-event/

One of these days when I am in KY with my sisters, we are going to go there!

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