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| Mr. Kohler said, “Amy’s husband delivered the
quilt to Seattle, and I am now working with the help of volunteers on the
many tasks necessary to complete the project.” Brian began his work
with the quilt by assembling and quilting several of the main quilt panels,
and now heads up the national project. “I didn’t lose anyone in the
attacks,” he says, “but I needed a tangible way to process my feelings
and emotions. The quilt has helped me and many others do that.”
This project has become a symbol of peace, healing and remembrance.
Amy’s vision was for the quilt to go on a national tour and become part of a permanent exhibit in a museum, hopefully in New York City. |
Michael Hedt (Amy's Husband) & Brian Kohler |
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| When Amy initially sent out the call for quilted blocks to make up the 300 main panels, she needed 7,500 blocks….She eventually got well over 15,000. Rather than reject thousands of beautiful quilted blocks that would not make it into the main panel, the WTC Charity Quilts were born. The charity quilts project is designed to help WTC/PA/Pentagon charities that arose in the wake of the 9/11/2001 tragedy. All charity quilts on hand will be sold off at craft expos, online auction sites (such as E-Bay), and/or donated to the actual charities themselves in an effort to raise money for families of the victims. One of Amy’s favorite organizations was the Twin Towers Orphan Fund, whom we hope to be in contact with again soon. We hope to distribute some of the funds to other worth charities also. There are somewhere between 150 and 200 quilts. | |
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Brian organized several showings of the partially completed quilt as well as marathons of signing the individual blocks with a victims name. Every single person has their own individual block on the completed quilt! |
| Many quilts have already been distributed.
This quilt was donated to Public School 234, New York
Assembled and quilted by Neetsey Roehm, California Blocks were from the students of the American Community School, Cobham, Surrey England Many children from around the world created quilt blocks and donated them to the WTC Memorial Quilt. There are 4 PAGES! of photo's of these blocks and quilts on the WTC Memorial Quilt Web Site. |
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| Much more work needs to be done! There are quilts to finish, a data base to construct to allow any interested person to locate particular details of an individual block or quilt panel. Documentation slips were required for every block that was incorporated into a main panel. When the database is complete, the project would like to have a book printed that will cross-index the blocks to victims’ names and the names of volunteers responsible for creating those blocks. The idea is that this book will be kept with the quilt as a sort of master reference document. | 
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Sure To Visit The
WTC Memorial Quilt - Amy's Vision Web Site See many more pictures! Find out how you can still help! The first public viewing of the COMPLETED
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Sadly, many of the quilt panels and their documentation are still missing! If you are holding on to a panel of any type, or you know of anybody holding onto any panels/quilts for the project, whether it be a main quilt panel, a charity quilt, or an honor banner, E-mail Brian ASAP at WTCquilter@hotmail.com Brian says that he will make arrangements with you to have your materials shipped. If you have been holding stuff because you need assistance with the shipping costs, it will not be a problem. Please, please get in touch with Brian, and let him know what you have! |
"Sew
that we will never forget you!"
