| What
started out as a single flake (# 6088664), made by Carmelina (UK) on January
21, 2008, and (in her words) "My one flippant comment", has become the
symbol of what making a simple snowflake means to so many who gather here.
Not only is this hobby a creative outlet with so many beautiful works of
art, for many it is, "Works of Heart"!
In
less than one month Carmelina's dream, of seeing flakes made by so many
flaker friends, side by side, has become a Dream Come True!
What
started out to be just a few flakes, soon became a project beyond our wildest
dreams. In one week, the word spread and 91 flakers responded with
their contributions to what was to become known as the "Flakeville Friendship
Quilt".
Carmelina
& Dianne worked very hard compiling lists of just about every statistic
available on the project. We appreciate everyone's patience, but
decided that we wanted to present the whole package, quilt, video and information,
at once.
Quilt
Flakes came in from 8 countries: The United States, Canada, The United
Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Turkey, New Zealand and Serbia!
28
of the 50 United States is represented: Alaska, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, West Virginia & Wisconsin!
91
Flaker Friends participated (in alphabetical order): Amanda (OH), Amber
(TX), Amethyste (Canada), Andie (KY), Artx, Bam (TX), Barb M. (CO), Barbie
(MI), Bernadette (Australia), Bill (TN), Carmelina (UK), Carolyn (TN),
Cathy (PF), Cathy (TN), Cheerytoes, Cherokeemoon (OK), Chimera (Turkey),
Christmas Rose (CA), Connie (VA), Dana (NC), Dave (NZ), Debby (UT), Dianne
(MI), Donna (NZ), Doris (CO), Dovey (CA), Dragonminx (OH), ELW (NY), Emmi
(UK), Ferne (Canada), Fujimo (TX), G (ME), G'VA (TX), Goldberry (UK), Grammi
(PA), Heartmart (AK), Holly (OH), Hope (MI), Hyacinth (Germany), Jacqueline
(MA), Jan (Australia), Jan (MI), Janet (UK), Janis (MN), Jeanne (TN), Jenny
(QMB), Jim (IL), Josie (NZ), Kathryn (FL), Kathy (PA), Kathy (MO), Katlyn
(CA), Ladychiara (Australia), Larreen (IL), Larry (PA), Linda (NJ), Lorene
(OR), Lucky (UT), Luke (MI), MB (CO), Marci (PA), Miss Lacy, Nancy (WV),
Nelle (Serbia), Norma (TX), Nutty (IL), Patricia (NY), Patsy, Peggy (FL),
Peggy (TN), Rainbow Brite, Ree (NC), Ria (IL), Roberta (MO), Rosalinda
(TX), Shalina, Snocat (AK), Snow Imp, Snowlady, Starz (WI), Strz (IA),
SusieQ1 (WV), Suzanne (Canada), Sweetpea (CA), Taylor (MI), Tommy (LA,
USA), Toni (UK), Vicki Sunshine (FL), Vernita (AK), X (Canada) and Yvonne
(UK)!
3
of the quilt flakes came from Jr. Flakers: Taylor (5), Sweetpea
(8) and Luke (9)!
Many
flaker friends contributed several quilt flakes. Because of the overwhelming
response, a decision was made to put 2 flakes from each flaker friend on
the quilt. In all a total of 242 flakes were sent in! Each
flake was 'captured' on the screen. It then had to be cropped & saved.
After this long process, and many test samples, Bernadette rose to the
occasion and placed the flakes on a black background.
When
Bernadette was nearly finished, she decided to surprise us with a special
tribute. She compiled a video, set to music, featuring one flake
from each flaker friend! She did an exceptional job of selecting
the music. The video opens to the theme from "Cheers"...where everybody
knows your name (or flaker name here). This is followed by the South
Australian Orchestra's version of "Waltzing Matilda" in tribute to Carmelina.
(Matilda is Bernadette's nickname for her). Also included in the musical
tribute is an Australian tune named, "Click Go The Shears"! How appropriate!!!
There
is no way to express how wonderful this project was. Thanks to YOU...
The Friends of Flakeville! Thank you, not only for your participation,
but for your patience as we put it all together.
Carmelina,
Bernadette & Dianne
(A
final thank you from Carmelina . . .)
I
have entrusted all the details of my dream to Dianne and she has written
it all up for me. I'm not doing all the final bits as I don't feel
up to it at the moment. Even though I know that I will regret handing it
over, but I feel that I won't do it justice at this time. So I fully trust
Dianne to do it for me. So all that remains for me to say is thank
you ALL, for making my dream come true! And great thanks to my dear friends,
Bernadette for making it come to life, and Dianne for helping me with all
of your flakes and helping Bernadette too. I'd like to thank all the flakers
that have taken part and to those who didn't, I hope that you will enjoy
it too!
The
Flakeville Friendship Quilt is there to wrap around us all when we need
it. It shows us all, side by side, and it is my way of giving you all a
hug back, as some of you have given me hugs when I have needed them.
I thank you for them. Take care and enjoy! Thank you Bernadette & Dianne
for all your help in doing this for me and everyone else who made my dream
a reality.
Love
to you all,
Carmelina |
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