Rotarian Fellowship of Quilters and Fiber Artists

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Issue Number One
Ailsa McKenzie, Editor

NOVEMBER 2004

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It is very exciting to be part of the establishment of the new Rotarian Fellowship of Quilters and Fiber Artists.  I hope you are all working on a block for the Celebration Quilt for the Rotary Convention at Chicago in 2005.

I participated in the last quilt which was made for Rotary in 1990, with the theme “Enjoy Rotary”.  I have a photo of my block which was displayed at the 1990 Convention in Portland and we are hoping to locate that quilt to display in Chicago.

That quilt was the brainchild of Joyce Tubbs from Nottingham, England, and was assembled and completed by Martha Lou Dean from Illinois.  Joyce had heard a speech by Past President Edward F. Cadman in which he compared Rotary to a tapestry of nations, and she suggested it would be a fine idea if a great Rotary tapestry could be created.

The finished work, composed of squares of needlework of various kinds representing the then 167 countries of Rotary, was finished to commemorate Rotary’s 85th anniversary.

It will be equally exciting to see the “Celebration Quilt” (an idea from Phyllis Giersch from Madera, California, well known quilter and Vice-President of our Fellowship) take shape.  Please join us in making this a real celebration for Rotary’s 100th year.

 

FROM THE EDITOR:
I thought you might enjoy our cartoon lady “Cecily” (from New Zealand, www.cecily.co.nz) as our newsletter mascot.  Cecily has many moods and thoughts as a woman, but I think this one is really appropriate to us!  Ailsa

Note:  The Rotarian Fellowship of Quilters and Fiber Artists is a group dedicated to promoting the fiber arts as an opportunity for fellowship.  This fellowship operates in accordance with Rotary International Policy, but is not an agency of, or controlled by, Rotary International.