Lost Quilt Come Home

Are any quilters out there looking for a way to donate quilts to the victims of the recent tragedy in Japan? If so, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine is collecting quilts. They need the quilts before April 30, 2011. Go to http://networkedblogs.com/fA9SP to find out the details.

Luana Rubin of Equilter is also coordinating efforts with Missions of Love. On her March 15, 2011 blog entry, she has details on how you can donate through them.

My brother has lived in Ichihara for nearly 30 years. His wife is Japanese and her two sisters and their families live near Sendai. If you have a few hours to spare, consider making a small, personal-size quilt suitable for a child or small adult.

After valuable insights from some generous quilters (thanks Karen, Sandra, and Margaret!), I made some revisions to the Quiltmaker’s Documentation form. If you downloaded one yesterday, you might consider downloading the new form today. The file has the same name, so it should overwrite the previous one if you save them both in the same place.

The new form includes space for sales information and appraisal information. I made some other additions and modifications, too. And then I entertained myself by playing around with some finicky details, which made me happy and hopefully made the form nicer to look at and easier to understand.

Also, I just learned about a website where you can upload any PDF file and fill it out online. That will give you nice, neat typed writing instead of handwriting, if that’s important to you. If you have a Facebook account, you can save, print, or revise the entered information, too. The website is called PDF Filler, http://www.pdffiller.com/. No affiliation, etc.

I hope you will find the form useful. Again, please feel free to distribute it to your quilting friends.

I just added a free Quiltmaker’s Documentation form to the informational page called “Documenting Your Quilt” which is under the “Protecting Quilts” tab above. If you are a quiltmaker, I encourage you to take the time to document your quilts. Your written documentation becomes so important if your quilt becomes missing, but it is also valuable for your family. As someone who has a father with Alzheimer’s Disease, the things he took time to write down have become such a treasure.

Please feel free to make copies of this quilt documentation form and distribute it to your friends, your quilt guild, or wherever you like. May your quilt never be among the missing!

Quilting Gallery is kindly hosting me as a guest blogger today! I’m hoping it will increase awareness of this site and the missing quilts.

If you’re visiting the Lost Quilt Come Home webpage for the first time after hearing about it on Quilting Gallery, welcome! Please feel free to wander around for a while.