Today has been truly a glorious day for the project '' A thousand colors "! Twenty-six quilts have been promised from Italy and the rest of the world. I am just amazed at the enthusiastic response from quilters worldwide. It has been my pleasure and joy to be able to answer all the e-mails that come by the hour and to make so many new friends. Italy's response has been overwhelming and i know that it has just started! The rest of the world is doing great with many single quilters, local guilds and church groups from Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Canary Islands ( Spain), Australia, Japan, Sweden, Canada and United States. The project has been sent out in five languages: italian, english, german, french and spanish and who wishes to do it in another language and send it out in their country, feel free to do it, let me know so i can add it to my list.
Many have told me that they are thankful for giving them the privilege of helping, i thank you all for the privilege i have in coordinating the work of your hands for the children of Abruzzo. Did you know that there are 178 tent camps operating? Some of them are classrooms, some of them are used as places of worship, most of them are the "homes'' of the people who lost everything in the quake. At the end of april the university of L'Aquila held its graduation ceremonies under a tent, all the students considered it a privilege to be doing it at a time like this, something to be remembered and cherished for life. Seventy-five thousand folks are in tents, another seventy-five thousand in Hotels that welcome them and many are guests in private homes. A month has gone by and things are really happening, solidarity has been overwhelming from all over the world.
Che giornata gloriosa!
Oggi per Mille Colori e' stata una giornata gloriosa, sono stati promessi ben 26 quilts!!!
L'entusiasmo con cui e' stato accolto il progetto in Itala ed intorno al mondo non cessa di stupirmi. Tantissime mi hanno ringraziato per aver dato loro il privilegio di partecipare con le loro mani, ma io ringrazio tutte voi per aver dato a me il privilegio di coordinare il vostro prezioso lavoro e per la vostra fiducia. La mia cara Italia sta rispondendo in modo grande ed il resto del mondo anche. Promesse di quilts sono arrivate dalla Svizzera, Germania, Canarie (Spagna), Regno Unito, Svezia, Stati Uniti, Canada, Australia e Giappone. Numerosissime le singole quiltiste, associazioni, gruppi di donne nelle chiese, scuole di patchwork, quiltshops e anche amiche che lavorano insieme per Mille Colori. Il progetto e' stato tradotto in inglese, tedesco, francese e spagnolo. Per le nostre amiche intorno al mondo ho postato sopra e ricordo a tutte noi che vi sono 178 campi tende operativi, 75.000 persone vivono nelle tende, 75.000 negli alberghi e innumerevoli sono state accolte da famiglie con un cuore grande. Alla fine di aprile molti ragazzi si sono laureati sotto una tenda, considerandolo un privilegio ed una gioia da ricordare tutta la vita.
A tutte grazie, buon lavoro e un abbraccio forte
Roberta
