Celia Ryan

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 3
4 March 2010

Quilting: To communicate, advocate,

heal and protect
“Quilters affect eternity; they can never
tell where their influence stops”

(Klein)
Warmth
SGP Quilt
F
A
M
I
L
Y
Her Quilt
 “It is not the
magnitude of our
actions but the
amount of love that is
put into them that
matters”- Mother
Theresa
As many as 2.5 Million
Preemie blankets
“I get my own check now. My daughter had to
show me what a twenty-dollar bill was when I
was fifty years old…”
 Nettie Young Louisiana Bendolph

Sarah Benning
13%
8 Women, 8 lives turned around
 Soothing
Transition

Group
Support
Hope and
Strength
Truckers Who Quilt
 Main
Line
Quilting
Society
Pieces
of the
Heart:
Quilts
for
charity
Julie Gricco and Nancy Giloley
 “Together we grow stronger.
Together we make a difference”

(“Hpme.” Climate
Quilt…)
Global connection
 To change
tomorrow

We must
start today
 Palestinian
refugee camp
Quilting for…
Family

Friends

Love

Comfort

Communication
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