I'm in Beijing now, and I recently visited my online quilting friend Etty's site about her quilting group in Israel, Zahava Quilters ( I found Etty through another online quilting buddy/fellow world traveler Carol of Quiltfever). At random, I clicked on one of Etty's links and found my way to My Imperfect LIfe in the U.K. Up came a post about a Quilt Drive for Sandy Relief which led me to Imperfect Mom where I got more information about the drive for quilts being organized by Quilt Gallery in order to donate 700 quilts to those most in need through Bumble Beans Quilts, a great organization where I have donated quilts before
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It's a bit ironic, I guess, but also a sad commentary on climate change and global warming, that just a couple months after my two year China stint began in January 2011 I was making comfort quilts to send to Japan after the triple disaster, and now, just short of the end of my "China years," I'm making quilts to send to New York.
You can find out more about how to donate--blocks for the group effort, as a team leader who will sash, back, quilt and bind the blocks for one to five quilts, and/or where to send a quilt of your own design and making--by clicking the link at the top or the links embedded in this post.
Note: Sorry the links are so pale--I haven't figured out how to fix that yet.
