65 roses: quilt for charity
Dear Friends and crafters across the globe – I am organising a quilt block drive for a project very near to my heart and to my family. With a nephew with Cystic Fibrosis and a mother-in-law involved in the CF foundation in Australia, I have been thinking of a project that I could organise to help out. The 65 Roses quilt is that project. 65 roses day is named after a folklore story – and raises awareness of Cystic Fibrosis.
Would you like to make a block and send to me to be used in this quilt? All the details and the pattern can be downloaded from THIS PDF – the pdf also has 2 rose applique designs and 3 rose embroidery designs – however you can use your own design as well.
Its a simple block, comprised of 4xfive inch charm squares – one of which you will embroider/applique a rose design onto, the other three squares can be comprised of vintage/found/floral bits of lovely fabric – you can make one block or more and send to me to be made up into the 65 roses quilt.
The quilt – comprised of 65 blocks will be auctioned at the CF Australia annual gala auction event in Canberra in September 2010.
Please contact me with any questions [whipup at gmail.com] – and I will be keeping whipup posted on progress on this project.
PS. If you want to take this idea and run with it – using this pattern to make a community quilt for your local CF foundation then please do – would love if it if you told me about your project – but there is no obligation to do so … ADD YOUR IMAGES to the 65 roses quilt flickr group.
pps. you can download the graphic and link to this post if you would like to help promote this effort.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I have a nephew with cystic fibrosis too, it’s an awful thing. I will most definitely be contributing and linking to this post. I have also added you to my blogroll. Love what you do.
xox
Amy
November 14th, 2009 at 3:32 am
dear Amy
thank you for spreading the word
best regards
kathreen
November 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am
grew up friends with a family of 6 kids – 5 of whom had CF – will be happy to contribute. will add to my blog – will you have a widget for sidebars?
November 14th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
hi Kathreen, I came across your site, just bloghopping and thought it was a great cause. I have made a block and posted on 2 blogs http://annettehanigan.typepad.com/in_this_life/2009/11/65-roses-charity-quilt-whipupnet.html, and http://fiskarscraft.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/11/65-roses-charity-quilt-block.html, hopefully it will spread the word that little bit more :0)Happy weekend to you. Annette :0)
November 14th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
There is a flickr group now – http://www.flickr.com/groups/65rosesquilt/ and will get a icon organised too. thanks everyone.
November 15th, 2009 at 1:34 am
I have added it to the flickr group. Annette :0)
November 15th, 2009 at 3:37 am
What a lovely fantastic idea, i’ll get started on a few blocks as soon as poss:) love fi xo
November 15th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Just to be clear, do you wish us to just use one of the rose designs you have provided, or would it be okay to do our own rose design? Also, to you wish the rose to be in the top left corner or can it be any of the four squares?
I plan to post this on my blog, I had a friend who died from CF and I would be more than happy to do anything to try to help research in this area.
November 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I am happy to have a go. When is the due date please. Cherrie
November 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
thanks everyone for your enthusiasm
All the info should be in the PDF which you can download – the deadline is after the new year – 7 January – my address is in the PDF.
You do not have to use one of the designs provided – you may use your own rose design. But yes please place the design in the plain square in the top left corner.
thanks so much
Kathreen
November 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Just wanted to say how thrilled we were to have Kath put this idea to us. Many thanks for the support Kath and we can’t wait to see the wonderful quit that will be developed with everyone’s help. Good luck to all.
Kind regards,
Janice Clarkson
Cystic Fibrosis Australia
November 15th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I’m in. It’s a wonderful idea. Thanks Kathreen for giving us the opportunity to contribute.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Yup I am in and I will blog it now : o )
Sarah
November 16th, 2009 at 1:18 am
I will be more than happy to contribute. I will start on the block today and will post on the progress on my blog. Thanks for the opportunity!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:14 am
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November 16th, 2009 at 4:40 am
What a wonderful idea! I have blogged about it, looking forward to seeing the finished quilt :)
November 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Count me in ! just one question , how do I get the button at flickr on my blog? it won’t work for me. Is it beaciuse it is a gif file?
x Peta x
November 16th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I will be in this one for sure, Great work thanks for organizing this
Hugs
Bell
November 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I like to make things with a definite purpose in mind, so count me in, and I’ll put a link up on my page too…
November 18th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Hi ~ I read about this on Sarah’s blog and will definitely join in. When would you like the block(s) to come your way? Am I correct, that I can also stitch the roses, since I am not so good at appliqué and enjoy stitching more.
I’ll blog about it later this week.
Thank you for organizing this.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Hi, this is a fantastic idea and I would love to help out. I will also post about this on my blog and add the image as a button. Take care all :)
November 25th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Put me down for a block it is a good cause.
November 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
to get the jpg logo that is in this post – simply save it onto your computer and then upload it as you would any other image and link to this post.
thanks so much everyone
k