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Always remember...
The COVID-19 global pandemic has forever changed the face and heart of our EARTH. Without discrimination, COVID has destroyed millions of lives and livelihoods.Quilters around the world have rushed into action to construct face masks, gowns, caps and other protective gear. At a time when we want to gather together, we are encouraged (and sometimes ordered) to stay apart.One year from now, five years from now, one generation from now, how will you remember COVID? What stories will you tell your children, grandchildren?
Join Us -- and Join Other Quilters Across America
Remember, back in the day, we met friends and kept friends as pen pals. We communicated by writing letters, telling of our daily activities, sharing secrets and securing life-long friends.
During this pandemic, we are fortunate enough to be able to communicate through cell phone and internet technologies, but there is still a place for good old-fashioned pen pals.
While you construct your COVID FRIENDS quilt, you will sending and receiving fabric scraps from quilters across America. Share your COVID story with your new quilting friends. Meet your new pen pals online during (optional) ZOOM quilt alongs. Who knows, maybe someday soon, you will have the opportunity to meet up with your quilting pen pals at a quilt show or festival. And maybe, just maybe, your COVID FRIENDS quilt will be hanging in the show.
During this pandemic, we are fortunate enough to be able to communicate through cell phone and internet technologies, but there is still a place for good old-fashioned pen pals.
While you construct your COVID FRIENDS quilt, you will sending and receiving fabric scraps from quilters across America. Share your COVID story with your new quilting friends. Meet your new pen pals online during (optional) ZOOM quilt alongs. Who knows, maybe someday soon, you will have the opportunity to meet up with your quilting pen pals at a quilt show or festival. And maybe, just maybe, your COVID FRIENDS quilt will be hanging in the show.
Quilters will select (9) block centers from (10) block options. Each block center tells part of the COVID pandemic story. Check out the blocks and background options on our COVID Friends Story webpage.
COVID Friends sign up will be open to July 12. The fabric exchange will take place July 13-27. The cost to join is just $40. Your membership will include:
COVID Friends pattern
Quilting Pen Pals
*Fabric Exchange postage costs to distribute to the other quilters
Private Facebook Group
Fabric exchange prompts
Block 1-2-3 Quilt Along Zoom August 17
Block 4-5-6 Quilt Along Zoom September 21
Block 7-8-9 Quilt Along Zoom October 19
COVID Friends Show & Tell Zoom November
Quilt Along Video Library
*Quilters who do NOT want to exchange fabrics can also participate in the COVID Friends quilt.
Dig into your stash and be prepared to exchange fabric with (up to) 80 quilting friends. For each exchange, you will provide:
(1) 2-1/2"x 20" strip
(1) 1-1/2"x 20" strip
Your total fabric outlay will be less than 4-1/2 yards -- but don't forget that you will also have to plan for postage costs to send ONE flat rate envelope with your fabric strips to Stitchin' Tree.
For your own quilt, you will need to add
(8) yards background fabric
your choice: white, off white, cream, gray,
black, or any color you choose
(2-3) yards coordinating fabrics
COVID Friends sign up will be open to July 12. The fabric exchange will take place July 13-27. The cost to join is just $40. Your membership will include:
COVID Friends pattern
Quilting Pen Pals
*Fabric Exchange postage costs to distribute to the other quilters
Private Facebook Group
Fabric exchange prompts
Block 1-2-3 Quilt Along Zoom August 17
Block 4-5-6 Quilt Along Zoom September 21
Block 7-8-9 Quilt Along Zoom October 19
COVID Friends Show & Tell Zoom November
Quilt Along Video Library
*Quilters who do NOT want to exchange fabrics can also participate in the COVID Friends quilt.
Dig into your stash and be prepared to exchange fabric with (up to) 80 quilting friends. For each exchange, you will provide:
(1) 2-1/2"x 20" strip
(1) 1-1/2"x 20" strip
Your total fabric outlay will be less than 4-1/2 yards -- but don't forget that you will also have to plan for postage costs to send ONE flat rate envelope with your fabric strips to Stitchin' Tree.
For your own quilt, you will need to add
(8) yards background fabric
your choice: white, off white, cream, gray,
black, or any color you choose
(2-3) yards coordinating fabrics
Choose Quilting Pen Pals with YOUR Fabric Preference
| Bright and Cheery Cotton Blenders & Prints $40 |
Bright & Cheery Batiks $40 |
Deep & Rich Cotton Blenders & Prints $40 |
Deep & Rich Cotton Batiks $40 |
 Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Turquoise |
 Red, Orange, Yellow. Green, Blue, Violet, Turquoise |
 Red, Pumpkin, Gold, Green, Blue, Violet, Teal |
 Red, Pumpkin Gold, Green, Blue, Violet, Teal |
SPECIAL BLOCKS & THEIR MEANINGS
And here are the blocks that we are proposing for the quilt... Remember, we could have some changes before the quilt is complete. In some cases, the blocks are public domain designs with known names. In other cases, we have created a block to fit the story. We have designed 10 blocks, but you will only need 9 for your quilt, so you get to choose the blocks that resonate most with you.
And here are the blocks that we are proposing for the quilt... Remember, we could have some changes before the quilt is complete. In some cases, the blocks are public domain designs with known names. In other cases, we have created a block to fit the story. We have designed 10 blocks, but you will only need 9 for your quilt, so you get to choose the blocks that resonate most with you.
 This story begins in Wuhan China... Chinese Lantern block |
 Travelers from China arrived in the US and opened a Pandora's Box. Pandora's Box block |
 And soon, the pandemic found its first metropolitan epicenter -- the Big Apple, New York City Apple block |
 Soon we heard the sad stories of babies who were separated at birth from their mommies Baby Bunting block |
 And very quickly, we were pressed into service to make masks for health care workers and other heroes. Mask block |
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 Lacking the option to hug each other, the hand symbol of the heart has become a common sight.Heart block |
 Historically, crises cause people to renew their faith, but the pandemic kept us out of houses of worship and away from our faith families. Cross block |
 In the midst of the pandemic, a tragic murder occurred spotlighting centuries of racial oppression. Anvil block |
 Social distancing, self-isolation and quarantine have become our new normal. Attic Window block |
 And throughout the pandemic, we've made new friends in new ways. Friendship Star block |
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COVID-19 Friends Tribute FAQs
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