{"id":2499,"date":"2011-07-23T11:44:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T18:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2011-07-28T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T02:47:54","slug":"quilts4japan-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/?p=2499","title":{"rendered":"Quilts4Japan Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>July 28th UPDATE FROM <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/?hl=en&amp;shva=1#inbox\/13172ca8ddd29067\">QUILTS FOR JAPAN<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=2502\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2502 alignleft\" title=\"5728370696_440e4b6021_m\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5728370696_440e4b6021_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5728370696_440e4b6021_m.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5728370696_440e4b6021_m-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=2510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2510\" title=\"189440_139040462830867_136581426410104_220633_8357292_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/189440_139040462830867_136581426410104_220633_8357292_n2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the months since the horrific earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/quilts4japan.org\/\">Quilts4Japan<\/a> has inspired acts of (not-at-all) random kindness by several hundred quilters. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/quilts4japanese_survivors\/\">Quilts4Japan on Flickr<\/a> for a really lovely collection of pictures of\u00c2\u00a0 the quilts, so far.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the quilts come from the Bay Area, but the project is broadening. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/albany.patch.com\/articles\/quilter-kanji-lover-create-quilts4japan-to-offer-comfort-and-love-to-tsunami-survivors#photo-5542213\">local volunteer resources<\/a> and an outpouring of support. Eve Kushner and Gail Shea have coordinated collection and shipping of about 400 handmade quilts so far. Distribution is being handled by\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viq.com\/english\/indexe.html\">Patchwork Tsushin<\/a> magazine of Japan. The need for comfort and quilts remains unabated. If you have considered donating a quilt to this project, DO! If you haven&#8217;t started that quilt yet, DO! If you are unable to make a quilt at this time, but still want to contribute to the project, please contact Gail Shea via quilts4japan.org.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=2507\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2507\" title=\"221802_144871672247746_136581426410104_252309_346229_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/221802_144871672247746_136581426410104_252309_346229_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/221802_144871672247746_136581426410104_252309_346229_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/221802_144871672247746_136581426410104_252309_346229_n-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/221802_144871672247746_136581426410104_252309_346229_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you Gail, Eve, and everyone who has contributed to Quilts4Japan, so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; July 28th UPDATE FROM QUILTS FOR JAPAN &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In the months since the horrific earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, Quilts4Japan has inspired acts of (not-at-all) random kindness by several hundred quilters. Check out Quilts4Japan on Flickr for a really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[19,29,17,38],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends-of-new-pieces","category-our-community-support","tag-creative-solutions","tag-customer-stories","tag-quilts","tag-quilts4japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newpieces.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}