Cheers to TQS and everyone contributing to this story and great act of kindness.

I'll be watching and willing to share.

Thanks

Wonderful looking book ! Great loving project in the works, Rita ! It IS a small world now !! Good on Ya !
Will be watching....

Rita -

What a wonderful cause! We will all help in any way we can.

Nancy

Oh Rita what a great story!! How you worked out the whole thing is wonderful. I'll be watching for more info on their needs.

Reetzbobeetz wrote:
Thanks for all the links and inspirations from Geta. Her trapunto gives me shivers. There are basic tutorials on her blog for this.

BTW, Geta has written a book which looks very interesting. I have just ordered a copy. Here's a link, have a look inside:

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Trapunto-Quilts-Remarkable-Projects/dp/1607052695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326633394&sr=8-1

I suggest that we wait and see if Geta and Roxana can put a plan together and hopefully they will get back to me to organize the supplies. I think it is probably somewhere between 8 and 10 children who would be old enough to do this. I had planned on sending charm packs or layer cakes but Geta says that she has allergies and would prefer to wash the fabric first so it will probably be FQs or yards that I send. I would be delighted if anybody wanted to contribute a FQ and the best thing would be to send it direct to either Geta or Roxana. When I know what the plan is I will let you know the address to send to. Quilters really are the most generous people aren't they? It does my heart good.

Rita, totally agree with Rosemary and Connie--if there is a way for us to contribute please let us know.

PosyP wrote: Rita, I would imagine that there are "several" of us who are blessed with an abundance of fabric and supplies who would be willing to donate if we can figure out how to get them there. Any suggestions?

Amazing story Rita.

If you need any help collecting stuff for the children to work with, don't forget to shout out here, I am sure that lots of us can spare a scrap or two to help the next generation of piecers and quilters....

Rita, that whole scenario gives me chills. What a wonderful serendipitous happening!

This is wonderful, Rita, what a small world, and what a generous heart all of you who are involved in doing something memorable for these children in Brasov. They will love learning to create something special and remember it and those who made it happen for a lifetime!

Yes it is!
Good luck in this venture.
Great stuff Rita.
Anne

Limbania I want to thank you for posting the link to Geta Grama's blog and her amazing hexagon quilt. As I was looking through her blog I noticed that she is from Brasov in Romania. Let me tell you a little story.....

DH and I have worked in Romania a few times in the past few years - particularly in Sibiu which is not very far from Brasov. We were working with two Romanian choirs one of which was an all male trainee priests choir. The leader of the choir is a priest who lives and works in Brasov - Fr. Dobre. He and his wife (Roxana) set up a school for orphaned and impoverished children in Brasov and my DH and I have contributed in a small way to the restoration of the building that houses the children and provides a lunch for them each day.

I had suggested to Roxana that my quilting group could make quilts for the children if that was of interest. But Roxana came back with a better idea - how about I teach the children how to make quilts for themselves. I thought this was a great idea and we talked about how we could do this with me in Ireland and her in the middle of Romania. We discussed the idea of me doing youtube tutorials but I was not convinced that this would be enough to teach the children. So I ground to a halt because I didn't have the time to go to Brasov to teach the children.

When I saw this link Limbania I emailed Geta to see if there would be any way that she would be willing to give a little time to show the children how to make a quilt if I supply all the materials. I got an email from her this morning to say that she would be interested and she will get in touch with Roxana to see what they can do together. Geta is busy until September but maybe they will be able to do something after then. Could the children have a better teacher? I don't think so.

So, hopefully a small group of disadvantaged children in Transylvania will learn to quilt because of a connection made from Arizona to Ireland and then Romania. Isn't this forum just wonderful!