Our deepest thanks to all the Quilters, Guilds, and businesses that have helped make the Quilts For Japan project a success, your time, generosity, and love are making a difference. ~ from everyone at Lapel Stick
QUILTS FOR JAPAN UPDATE - and this is before the sea-can of quilts arrives from Toronto via Trend-Tex.
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Patchwork Tsushin Co., Ltd. 734 quilts are received and more than 650 quilts are donated to survivors so far. Tuesday at 9:48pm
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Progress report from Patchwork Tsushin on quilt delivery in the disaster area by Quilts4Japan Patchwork Tsushin, to whom we're sending all our quilts, publishes occasional progress reports in Japanese. Here's a newly translated report.
Comfort Quilt Report #2: Little by little, we have started hand-delivering comfort quilts to survivors in the disaster area. This report is from a volunteer in Sendai who is delivering these quilts.
I received a letter from a person who fell victim to the disasters in Ishinomaki and is living at her son's place. Her son's wife said she wouldn't pick up a needle and thread, no matter how others encouraged her to do so, but ever since the quilt arrived, she started sewing again. I felt really glad about that. We hope the quilts help people feel that way. Here's the full text of the letter:
"Thank you very much for giving one of those works that are so precious. I myself have done some patchworking, and I'm really grateful that I received such a splendid item. I will value it and make good use of it. After being stricken by the unforeseen disasters, I was at a loss as to what I was going to do, but after receiving your expression of sympathy and words of encouragement, I now think I will look forward and move on. Thank you very much."
No matter how many times I read it, I cannot help being touched by the feelings I see in the handwriting. I would like to thank you for letting me be an intermediary in this project.
To learn more about how you can get involved in this project please visit: http://www.lapelstick.com/quilts-for-japan
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