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June 23, 2025

Donation Quilts- Thank you! from Humble Quilts

I finally got a chance to photograph the lovely quilts that were donated for the auction for

Faith Seeds Guatemala. I'm on the board and you can see some of my past trip HERE and HERE.

The maker of this joyful quilt would like to remain anonymous.

It is as sweet as can be! I love it!!

Lovely vintage sheet for the backing. Vintage textiles have such a wonderful feel to them.

This incredible applique quilt is 21" square!

It has a ton of detail!!

Yes, that is hand quilting and hand applique.

Thank you Rebecca Yoder.

Both of ...

added by Lori 1 week, 1 day ago. under fundraiser quilt

May 14, 2025

Donation Requested from Humble Quilts

This post is on behalf of Faith Seeds International. (The non profit board I'm on)

In Sisters, Oregon this summer they are having a big fundraiser. Gaby, my sweet Guatemalan friend who started Faith Seeds, will be there. I don't know all the details except I was asked if my

"Quilt team" (YOU!) could come up with an "offering" for the silent auction. This was asked by a fellow board member/non quilter. I thought his verbage was really sweet.

I decided since I don't use this basket quilt in my lectures I will be donating it ...

added by Lori 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under fundraiser quilt , guatemala

September 22, 2020

Flexner Family Names on a Signature Quilt - Part 2 from Ann Quilts

You'll find the full backstory to this post on a post from April, 2018. Here's a short summary.

Back in the 1980s, I'd found three people with my mother's maiden name, Flexner, on a 1910 fundraiser quilt at the museum in Kalona, Iowa. They were not included in the genealogy that my mom knew, so we went exploring. And after a circuitous and long route, I finally unearthed the answer:

My great-great-grandmother and the mother of the man named on the quilt were cousins. They both had married men from the Flexner family. So this quilt ...

added by Ann 4 years, 9 months ago. under family history , fundraiser quilt , genealogy , photography , signature quilt

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