Victoria Baily
Quilting on "Fruit of the vine

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When HQ e-mailed me and asked about the delivery of the Fusion, I mentioned that I had just been interviewed by the TampaBay9 (Florida) TV Station. When I sent the link, I was surprised to see that it was posted on the Home Page and in the "HQ in the News!!" section. WoW, my heart is still doing little flippy-flops.
I am the Community Service Coordinater for our group of about 140 members. The video told how The Manatee Patchworkers Quilt Guild were placing a gift of a child's quilt in each police car in Bradenton and Ellenton, Florida.
I named it "Quilts for Cruiser's." Cute? Please watch the video. We have placed almost 130 children's quilts so far (can you imagine the space that they were in unfolded and unpackaged?) and are working on larger quilts for another project still in early stages.
When the interviewer and photographer came, I was so nervous. I got the impression that they were fascinated with the whole project because they had me go over making the top, sandwiching the pieces with batting, and then quilting them. On what, they asked? I got out a sewing machine and demonstrated sewing the top. Then I took them upstairs. Did I mention what great pictures they took of the new Fusion? They were visibly overwhelmewd by the size and the beautiful designs.The Photographer said I moved too fast, so I slowed down and stayed in a small area. I had them BOTH try the Fusion and told them it came plastic-wrapped on a pallet with 9 boxes and in pieces. The the 10th box, 12 feet long, took a side trip from Utah to Illinois somewhere and finally here. It lives and plays in the loft now.
The story was to be that nite on the news, but then they decided it was going on the Sunday time and played all day long! The large purple twisted bargello at the end of the video is mine. There are some more pictures below. The work was done on my HQ16 before the Fusion came. I used lots of gold thread.
I have over 30 more tops to quilt, so I need to run. Thank You for coming.

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