Information on the Quilting Project

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Here is a post from Kathleen with information about the quilting project.

Please contact her if you have any questions. I think this is a wonderful

project. Feel free to ask your family and friends if they would like to

participate and make a square too.

Dear Quilting Volunteers:

I have re-thought the quilt issue and here's what I've come up with.

I spoke with and I think that in order to make this simple for

everyone, each of us should build or create one or two 10-1/2 " blocks out of

red, white, and blue fabrics. I will then do solid contrasting blocks and

applique fun patriotic " things " in them such as flags, stars, etc., or maybe

just keep them plain white on white fabric blocks. I would like the blocks

to be 10-1/2 inches, so that when I put them together and take a 1/4 " seam

allowance, the finished block squared from edge to edge is 10 " . If you do

not have a quilters square up ruler, just build them to be closer to 11 " and

I'll square them up when I receive them. You don't need to worry about any

backing fabric or batting, I'll take care of all that when I put the whole

thing together and will use my teachers discount to purchase the materials.

Once I've received everyone's blocks, I'll sew the whole thing together, add

some borders, do the quilting and the binding, take a picture and submit it

to the website so everyone can view it before I send it off to Glenda or

... whoever volunteers to be " keeper of the quilt " and becomes

responsible for the rest of the raffle work both within the RP foundation

and on e-bay, or however we choose to promote and sell raffle tickets.

If you don't have any quilt catalogs handy and know someone who does, borrow

one for some ideas or visit your local fabric store and ask for help. I

have mega books of simple patterns and blocks I would love to share with

anyone who needs help. The block patterns for the most part, can be altered

to enlarge or reduce in size. If you would like me to copy and mail some

your way, please feel free to call me or respond to this email, and I'll get

them out as soon as possible. Additionally, if you need any help during the

process, please call me at home at or work . I

know that Glenda and Dawn are fellow quilters, so I'm sure they can help

answer some questions (hope I'm not out of line volunteering their help in

advance). Please try to keep the blocks simple if you are new to the craft.

I don't want to overwhelm anyone. If you have a creative mind ... go for it

and do your thing! If you like to cross-stitch, feel free to create a cross

stitch out of red white and blue and I'll applique it to a block for you.

This will be fun and a fulfilling project for all of us who donate our time,

creativity and efforts for our cause.

Just me, Kathleen (NY)

Kathleen Mac-Loch, Executive Assistant

Sony Electronics, Inc.

123 Tice Blvd., MD#T2-12

Woodclilff Lake, NJ 07677

E-mail: kathleen.macdonald-loch@...