Thursday, August 5, 2010

The Cutting of the Quilt

The Quilt is finished, the results recorded and judged.  The quilt is accepted as a world record and will be in the Guiness World Book of Records.  

So now what happens?

Hold a chop up Party!!

Gail took great pleasure in making the first cut.  She called it a Yahoo!! moment.  All the hard work, planning and wonderful contributions from quilters all around the world had resulted in a world record and a very large and heavy quilt.  The plan had always been to cut it up and distribute it to charities and nursing homes and that task is underway now.  

The quilt has been cut into 115 smaller quilts of various sizes. A wonderful group of ladies is current adding the bindings to the quilts and a morning tea is planned to present the quilts to the various organisations.


I will post more photos as the work progresses.

Cheers

Christine
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9 comments:

  1. Congratulations to the wonderful folk that put the HUGE quilt together.
    How great is that 115 smaller quilt to to given to many peaple who need love and warmth.
    I wish I lived close enough to help with the binding.
    Thank you for my photo.

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  2. thank you for doing such a important work for people in need. I'm lucky that I sent a flower from Germany, many little drops are filling the ocean .....
    Hugs Brigitte

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  3. Thanks for doing this wonderful job and helping other people.
    All the best!
    Tineke

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  4. Well done all the binding ladies, I'm so proud to have been part of this amazing project, albeit in a small way.

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  5. Congratulaions on a wonderful project. It has been amazing watching this project unfold. I hope you are all very very proud of yourselves - for sure the rest of the quilting community is. Well done! And also to those who are undertaking the mammoth task of binding 115 quilts. Cheers Jane

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  6. I have shown this photo on my Blog with a link back here, I hope that is OK. I have many freinds and visitors who were interested int he progress of the quilt and would like to see it going to its new homes.

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  7. Ditto what everyone's posted! Awesome job, everyone!

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  9. That is stunning!
    Your quilts/crafts are so fantastic! It's so nice to find other quilters all around the world!
    www.quiltworld2.blogspot.com
    Hugs, Ulla (from Finland)

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