One.....

Just after Russia invaded Ukraine a wonderful and expert quilter in Germany, Claudia Feil, put out a call on Facebook. She asked anyone interested to make 8.5 inch blocks using the colors of the Ukraine's flag and send them to her. She planned to make quilts for the Ukraine families coming across the border into Poland and other countries to escape the war. When anyone puts out a call on Facebook the response can be pretty amazing.

Every few weeks she will put up a new post showing the piles and piles of squares that are flooding into her quilt shop. Today's information said she had received more than 15,000 squares and finished 765 quilts. She's posted some pictures showing smiling children who hugged a bright mostly blue and yellow quilt. The families come across borders with almost no personal possessions so I can only imagine what getting one of these small gifts means to them.

I made maybe eight squares and sent them, along with another 20 made by guild friends, to Germany in March. Every time Claudia posts pictures of finished tops I scroll through and it warms my heart to see how quilters all over the world responded to this ask. Quilters doing what quilters do.....creating a little bit of a cloth hug to share with someone else.

And today I spotted it.....one of my squares! It was combined with many others but I recognized the fabric and the way I made the square featuring two sunflowers. 

I hope this war ends soon....although that is probably a naive expectation. I hope these quilts provide just a little taste of home and the assurance to a family that the world is thinking of them.....and we won't forget.

PS.....if you are curious, Google Claudia Feil, German quilter and explore!