On June 19, 2013 we will be delivering wheel chair quilts and teddy bears to the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. We hope to collect 35 quilts so that every serviceperson in the unit will have one. If you would like to participate in the project, please Read More.
Winglion is the home of the Community Quilt Project where we stitch together loving thoughts of friends for those facing illness or other hardship, and of Pootie Pads, small quilts filled with organic herbs to pamper your pet with soothing scents. We celebrate the connection of people to each other and with the four-legged creatures with whom we share our homes. At Winglion, there is love and warmth in every quilt we make.
Looking for that perfect gift? What can compare to a personalized quilt? As you will see in the GALLERY we can make a handmade personalized quilt for every occasion.
By peregrine kate
Last week Aji wrote a deeply-felt and compelling diary on behalf of two of our most beloved community members, Sara R and winglion (Ann), who are the creators of the Community Quilt project on Daily Kos. That diary did its job; the original quilt sisters have survived their immediate financial crisis.
You, the community, support our work. Your help provides us with materials and supports our hours of work on each quilt project. We are thankful that you keep our needles quilting!
How about a lap throw quilt filled with organic lavender flowers, sprinkled in the batting (think of it as a Pootie Pad for People)? For those who find the scent of lavender soothing and healing, these are heavenly. Cost is $175 plus shipping.
A week from now, Sara R will pass a milestone: five years at Daily Kos. In that time, she’s proved to be a powerful community builder in a way that is almost shaman-like. Her quilts–both the signature-quilt fund-raisers she has stitched together for Netroots Nation and the spectacular “love catchers” she’s made for 30 (now 39) members of the DK family in need of healing–are tangible expressions of community connection that transcend our workaday political world.
The Community Quilt Project’s mission is to bring people together in a positive way, to give comfort where we can, and to provide willing quilters with the means to do good works. Unlike like the sewing bees of old where neighbors came together to quilt in friendship, we are working in a digital age where physical distance does not matter.
We are taking friendship quilting to a new level, connecting people with needle and thread.
