Slave Lake Quilt - more information

Hello everyone!  Last week I received a lovely email from Linda who owns Patchwork Fabrics in Slave Lake asking me to pass along some further information on quilt donations for Slave Lake.  For those of you wondering if there is still a need for quilts...yes.  For those of you wondering where to send the quilts...this email will provide that information for you.

Thanks again to all for helping.

Mary-Frances

Good Afternoon,

My name is Linda Beeston and I own Patchwork Fabrics the quilt store in Slave Lake. Upon returning to town after the evacuation and having both my home and business spared I knew I needed to do something to help my fellow Slave Lakers who had not been so fortunate and had lost everything. I knew quilts were already being collected by Pat White through her store Sew Devine in Edmonton so I contacted her to see if she had any plans on distributing them. She very graciously handed them over to me and they were the first 96 quilts of what I had already named "BLANKETING SLAVE LAKE WITH LOVE one quilt at a time."

There were 732 households lost including 300 apartments. My goal is for each household to receive a quilt as well as each child and I have a rough estimate of 800-1000 children. The families are being registered at my store and then a family member, friend, neighbor or co-worker come in to the store and choose quilts for a family and personally deliver them to that family.  There is an article in the July/August issue of the Country Register and I have also started a blog at patchworktalks.blogspot.com as well as a BLANKETING SLAVE LAKE WITH LOVE group through my Patchwork Fabrics Facebook page.

My address is Patchwork Fabrics
Box 1585, 204 4th ave. N.W.
Slave Lake, Alberta T0G 2A0
Phone number at the store is 780-849-6464

Thank you for all you have done already. I have received so many thanks for the quilts and I think what stands out the most is how these quilts are helping to give the rv's ,hotel rooms etc a homey feel and are something so special to them. To date 325 quilts have been handed out through this project.

Slave Lake Quilts - Update

Hello Everyone!  Our first shipment of quilts were sent up to Slave Lake and have been distributed.  A friend of a friend (isn't that how it always works?)  helped make sure the quilts were actually handed out and not stored away somewhere.  A total of 100 quilts were made.  Thanks also to a generous reader, Dianne of BC, for sending along two of her quilts. Greatly appreciated!  Here's a link if you are interested in seeing the label we attached to the quilts http://www.mysewingroom.ca/enews/current/.

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances



The first of Dianne's quilts.




Love the ladybug fabric!




Dianne's second quilt.



More quilts for Slave Lake

Hi everyone!  Last Saturday was another quilt day at our LQS with more quilts made for the residents of Slave Lake, Alberta.  See that pile on the table?  That's just a small sampling of what's been made.



Some of us sewed on labels.



While others admired the quilts.




Everyone loved this one, which is really the backing for...





...this.  Pretty awesome, don't you think?



Slave Lake Quilt Initiative Update

We'll we did it!  Our first shipment of quilts are on their way to Edmonton, and then off to Slave Lake.  Over 50 quilts  and 21 pillowcases were made and more are in the works.   We've set a deadline for the 18th of June with all remaining quilts to be sent at the end of the month.  What a great feeling it is to be able to help someone in such a tangible way.  Quilters truly are the most generous people I know!

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances

This past Saturday, a group of quilters gathered to add some finishing touches to quilts made for residents of Slave Lake, Alberta. 



Over 50 quilts were made, many waiting for labels to be sewn on.




The labels were made by one very talented individual in the group.




The finishing touches are added to a quilt as you go log cabin.  A very striking quilt...let's add this one to my to-do list!




Another fabulous work in progress.




A charming baby blanket, ready to go.




What a vibrant quilt...and a matching pillowcase was made as well.  Twenty-one pillowcases were made and are ready to go.




Here's my contribution for this go round, a rag quilt made using flannel scraps.




A favourite fabric.