<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px">The Quilt Guilds of the North Quarter is asking us to participate in a project to make quilt blocks for t</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px">he Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild in </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px">Jamberoo, New South Wales.</span></span></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 13.333333333333332px"><br></span></span></div><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id=""><div><br></div></div><p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(28, 30, 33); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:#ffffff"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">They are asking for <b>tree blocks</b>. From their Facebook page (<span style="font-size: 16px" class="size"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/WollongongModernQuiltGuild">https://www.facebook.com/WollongongModernQuiltGuild</a>)</span>: "The tree is a symbol of growth and nourishment. A tree symbolizes the generations of a family; a tree sprouts from a seed, the roots provide strength and stability, and whilst the new sapling is young and vulnerable they are protected by the other trees until they grow and flourish. In time the branches spread and then create new fruit that gives life to the next generation. There is no restriction to one type of tree block. We would love our quilts to be beautiful and diverse just like our wonderful communities." You can see some examples on their facebook page.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:#ffffff"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">If you would like to help, please make a tree block of a <b>generous 12.5 inch square</b> using a <b>white or pale grey background</b>.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:#ffffff"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"> You may use any technique for the block - pieced, appliqued, embroidered.</span></span></span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:#ffffff"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><b>Deadline to get the blocks to me is the February 9th OWQ meeting</b>. I will then send them off to Yvonne Phenecie, who has kindly offered to collect them and send them to Australia.</span></span></span></span></span><br></div><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id=""><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px">Sharon Lau</span></div></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>