Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) is a long-term national health study that has focused on strategies for preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. These chronic diseases are the major causes of death, disability, and frailty in older women of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Participants at several clinical centers made quilts for WHI. In many cases the woman who sewed the quilt block also contributed a personal statement about her participation in the study. Collectively, these statements speak in the powerful voice of WHI’s participants – communicating a message of generosity, diversity and commitment to leaving a legacy of knowledge about women’s health for future generations.

Click on the image to got the website. Take some time and read the stories that go along with the quilt blocks. This is an amazing study.

The Covering House

The log cabin quilt square is The Covering House logo.

A quilt blitz will be held this Saturday, May 19 to make log cabin quilts for the girls living at The Covering House. The Covering House is a safe house for girls who are victims of sexual trafficking in St. Louis, Missouri. To read the full story click on the image.

Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative Update

In April, the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative received it’s 10,000th quilt. Quite a milestone. Since January of 2006, it has raised over $713,000. To see the full story click on the banner above.

To learn who bought the quilt, click on the image above.

Sew Red For Women

Check out the Sew Red for Women blog to participate in a project increasing awareness about women and heart disease. The blog includes inspirations and free patterns. Click on the button to get started.

Updates on Quilt for Charity Projects

Kristy from Hopeful Threads with her first 70 diapers to China.

Pat Sloan hosts The Learning Center at the Quilt Gallery web site. Today’s post features the charity quilting activities of Bumble Beans BASICS, Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, The Linus Connection, Quilts of Valor, and Hopeful Threads. Click on the image to read all about these wonderful projects.

Quilt Contest/Exhibit Feeds Needy Children

Some of the Food for Body and Soul Touring Quilts.

Judy Howard of Buckboard Antique Quilts is heading up a quilt contest and exhibit to feed needy children. You can participate in a variety of ways. You can enter a 22″ quilt into the contest, rent the exhibit of contest entries (inexpensive and perfect for a quilt guild show) or order the 1905 Cookbook–Food For Body and Soul.  Click on the quilt montage above to get the full story.

Quilts will welcome veterans to their new homes

Avery Tillinghast, left, and William Czmyr, both from The American Legion Veterans Housing Inc., look over quilts during a presentation of quilts made by the Interfaith Sewing and Service Group, of Willimantic, and the Interfaith Stitchers, of Danielson, during a luncheon at the Willimantic Congregational Church. The quilts are being donated to the TALVHI veterans home project in Jewett City.

A wonderful program in Willimantic, Connecticut is providing new apartments for homeless veterans. Local quilters decided to help with the furnishings by making quilts. Click on the image for the complete story.