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2003 Patriotic Quilt Winner
Duane and Noble (1981) My husband Duane won the Weimaraner Rescue Quilt!!! One of the best things about it, is all the nice congratulation wishes from everybody both publicly and privately. You guys are the best!
Somebody pinch me, because
it really hasn't sunk in that the quilt is coming here to stay with
us!! We will take good of it, and we will make sure to show it to
everyone to continue public education about rescue.
I am really proud of our
small global group of quilters. We communicate with each other via
our email list [WeimQuilt2000] started by Amy Brotcke of Missouri in
June, 2000. For those of you unfamiliar with how the quilt is made,
it starts with the theme for the quilt. Eileen Ingala is terrific
at brainstorming new ideas for the quilt: 2002-Alphabet Quilt,
2003-Patriotic Quilt, 2004 will be Hobbies, and 2005 will be
Calendar/Seasons.
The next step is the
quilters each making a unique square with their choice of fabric,
design and technique (applique, cross-stitch, embroidery, etc.). We
have square contributors from all over the world; Argentina, Spain,
Germany, Canada, all over the US, and next year we will have one
from Australia too. The squares are mailed to Beth Krieger in
California, aka the Quilt Ogre. Many squares arrive after
the deadline and somehow Beth magically turns them in to a beautiful
quilt top.
The quilt top is then
shipped to the person that arranged it to be professionally machine
quilted. I believe Laurie Sales in Wisconsin has taken care of that
for the past two years. Eileen's hair turned white when the
original quilter she hired backed out at the last minute for our
first quilt. She found someone else and made the deadline.
Each year we have had a
different person take on the task of taking ticket orders, filling
out stubs, mailing tickets, keeping track of expenses. This is a
huge job that goes on all year long. Sharon Manning from Kansas was
the first, then Carol Barsema from Illinois, and this year it was
Mary Kay Wolfshohl from Texas. MK the superwoman added the PayPal
option this year, and also helped Karen Sandvold manage the cookbook
sales.
The quilt is then personally
guarded by the quilt ladies while it is displayed at the National
Specialty. Sharon Manning called us immediately from Rhode Island
after the banquet to let us know the good news. I bought 12 tickets
on the last possible day for mailing a check. I made labels and put
four in my name, four in my daughter's name, and four in Duane's
name.
I've attached a photo (circa
1981) of Duane with his favorite Weim named Noble.
Thank you everyone for
making the Weimaraner Rescue Quilt a success.
Alice Raymond (wife of the
2003 quilt winner)
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