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We've got GOOD NEWS!  Here's a message from Liz Whitehouse, CEO of The Quilters' Guild:

I would like to pass on a huge "thank you" to everyone who voted for
'Unfolding the Quilts' in the National Lottery Awards. We made it into the
top three in the Heritage section and will now go through to the final, with
voting starting (again...) on 2 September. This will give the Quilt Museum
and Gallery much-needed publicity on national TV. Thanks again to everyone -
we could not have done it without you! We will keep in touch and let
everyone know when we need you to start voting again. With best wishes and
thanks for your support.  Liz

Great job everyone!

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An excellent quilter and great friend, Rebecca Collins, is asking for help from TQS members to aid the Quilter's Guild of the British Isles in their effort to facilitate the setting up of the Quilt Museum in York.

The Museum opened almost three years ago with a Museum Director as its first staff member.  A short time later, they heard that an application to the Lottery Heritage Fund had been successful.  For an application to be successful; very full details of what will be done must be given and these must later be adhered to.  The project was named 'Unfolding the Quilts' and its aim was to introduce as many people as possible to what the Museum could offer.

There has been great success in recruiting volunteers to steward the exhibitions and in making display items for handling purposes, just to mention two things.  There are now about 70 names on the volunteer list.  The initial money was also able to fund materials and expenses incurred in progressing the project. Unfortunately, the original funding will finish this coming October and the people who have worked so hard to make a success of the Museum will be out of work.

The Lottery Funding for the Museum has now reached the semi-finals and the public voting stage on which is the best project.  As mentioned, the Guild's is called "Unfolding the Quilts" and is in the "Best Heritage Project" Section towards the bottom of the page on the site (see below).

The Guild needs as many people as possible to vote for the Museum.  You don't have to be a quilter or guild member you just need to be a person interested in the success of the Museum which is the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom; where many museums are currently disposing of textile items or mothballing them.The Guild  has checked and people from all over the world may vote.  The winning entry will receive additional funding and will be featured on National Television.

Voting for the semi-finals starts at 9am on Tuesday 31 May and ends at midday on Monday 20 June. The three projects in each category with the highest number of votes will go through to the final round of public voting later this summer.

Visit this website (http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards/) again from 9am on Tuesday 31 May for further details on the semi-finalists, and to cast your vote. 

Don't just sit there, get out and vote for the Quilt Museum in York!