Today is a very special day! One of the quilt shops I frequent (Quilt Sampler, Springfield, MO) is having a sewing event to benefit the Joplin Tornado Victims. About 45 of us will go sew, quilt, serge and whatever else is needed to create as many quilts as possible today. The shop has provided many of the supplies and is supplying the machines and lunch so we can just sew away. What an awesome job this will be.
On a less friendlier note, I reached out to several of our local wholesalers to get fabric donated for the event and guess what! Only one wholesaler donated one (yes that is right...1) bolt of fabric. Another told a whopper of a fib saying he had given our quilt guild 25 bolts which later was found to be untrue. Both companies are complaining that no one in the community buys from them anymore. Hmmmmm....when you expect local support you have to be willing to give it as well. I was sooooooooooo very disappointed about their lack of community involvement. The wholesaler that gave the one bolt of fabric had an employee that felt so bad she gave fabric from her own personal stash for the event. Thanks sweetie (you know who you are and I won't embarass you with mentioning your name).
Anyway, today will be about creating new memories and heirlooms for people who have virtually lost everything they had. There can't be a better task than this one.
POST NOTE:
Check out this link to see the news brief.
On a less friendlier note, I reached out to several of our local wholesalers to get fabric donated for the event and guess what! Only one wholesaler donated one (yes that is right...1) bolt of fabric. Another told a whopper of a fib saying he had given our quilt guild 25 bolts which later was found to be untrue. Both companies are complaining that no one in the community buys from them anymore. Hmmmmm....when you expect local support you have to be willing to give it as well. I was sooooooooooo very disappointed about their lack of community involvement. The wholesaler that gave the one bolt of fabric had an employee that felt so bad she gave fabric from her own personal stash for the event. Thanks sweetie (you know who you are and I won't embarass you with mentioning your name).
Anyway, today will be about creating new memories and heirlooms for people who have virtually lost everything they had. There can't be a better task than this one.
POST NOTE:
Check out this link to see the news brief.
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