Inspiration comes from all around

Last post I mentioned that I had received a beautiful email from a customer. I'd love to share it with you and with Sally's permission here it is -

"It (the quilt) was made by the parents (and a few students) of the Dandenong Ranges Steiner School (DRSS) and was the brainchild of my much loved friend Jennie who has now moved on to secondary school with her children. She is the 'quilter' amongst us and also inspired everybody to record 'what our school means to me' on a square. The actual quilting part of the project was undertaken by a small group of about 6-8 women, twice a week. The quilt travelled far and wide before it was completed-it was present at the Stitches and Fairs Show at Caulfield in 2006 and also on display at various markets and fetes in our community and beyond.

Each family also wrote a short piece about them selves and explained their square and it's meaning and these pieces were added to a huge album, along with individual pictures of each square, and it is now on display in the school office foyer.

We raffled it over a lengthy period and the final money raised was a little over $4000. The end of the quilts journey was California, USA, where it was shipped to the winner who bought tickets in the raffle at the Stitches and Craft Fair. The lady who won it fell in love with it when in Australia and told us all that her late mum, who she said would have adored the quilt and this was her inspiration for buying the tickets."



This is such a wonderful achievement and a credit to the community of the Dandenong Ranges Steiner School. Congratulations! Thank you Sally for sharing - it has inspired me to approach my children's school with a view to doing something along the same lines - we have a redevelopment happening this year and it would be a wonderful thing to hang in the new school - although we may need more than one with over 300 families!