Bevs Quilt of Hope

BEV'S QUILT OF HOPE

This beautiful handmade quilt could be yours!

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Bev’s Quilt of Hope, as it is now known, began its long journey back in July 2008 shortly after Beverly Miller, the founder of online magazine and crafts marketplace “The Chocolate Crow Trader” and our dear friend, lost her long battle with cancer.

Bev absolutely adored quilts and collecting vintage quilts was one of her passions. Another thing very dear to her was the fight against cancer......so we thought it only fitting to get together to make a quilt, to be auctioned off to raise funds for Cancer research in Bev's honour.

Although the majority of the girls involved with this quilt never met this beautiful woman, who became a big part of their lives through The Chocolate Crow Trader, they where much richer for having had Beverley Miller cross their path.

A wide range of artisans worked on this project, including primitive folk artists, embroiderers and quilters. The Blocks received for the quilt are as varied as the crafts showcased on The Chocolate Crow Trader.

There are traditional pieced quilt blocks, stitchery's, applique's (both hand & machine), there is lace, calico, cottons buttons, embellishments but most of all it was made with love and lots of it. As you can see all of the blocks fitted together as though the quilt designed itself even though the artisans who made them came from all corners of Australia.

The October Long Weekend 2008 saw the quilt blocks come together with hundreds of country toned scrappy squares and hand appliqued sashings. The individual blocks had become a quilt top, which was packed up together with its backing, donated by Country Hart Designs and sent off to Bev’s home state of Tasmania where it was lovingly quilted by Leonie and Deidre of The Quilted Crow, who also donated the wadding.

The Quilt of Hope then made another trip across Bass Strait back to be bound and finished off. Once completed, a photograph of the completed quilt was sent to all the contributors before it set off on another adventure, this time to Australian Country Threads!....It will be featured in the April issue to raise awareness of our quest.

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AUCTION

Bev’s Quilt of Hope is to be auctioned on The Chocolate Crow Trader website.

The auction will begin on May 15th to coincide with the 5th birthday edition of the Chocolate Crow Trader and will run until July 14th.

The bids will be collected via email and the highest bid as at 6pm each evening will be listed on the auction page and updated daily throughout the duration of the auction.

The highest bidder as at 6pm on the 14th July 2009 will be the winner and will be announced in the Xmas in July edition of The Chocolate Crow Trader, which will be updated on July 15th.

The aim of Bev’s Quilt of Hope is to raise as much as possible to go to The Cancer Council of Australia in memory of Bev Miller (who did so much for the Australian Craft World) so they can continue their great work.

Check out the auction page by hitting the following link

The contributors to Bev’s Quilt of Hope were Suzanne Caruso, Emily Churchman, Treann Clark, Meg Cook,
Julie Duncan, Pam Eyre, Katherine Falco, Margie Finnerty, Julie Gibbs, Robyn Larkham, Jackie Proctor, Michelle Short, Jodie Storm, Kim Warren , Leonie & Diedre of The Quilted Crow, Chris Byron and Robyn Welsh.

As of the 15th of May you will be able to submit bids for the quilt through the TCCT website. A link will also be provided on thee TCCT site homepage to allow you to make your bids.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me either via my contact page here on Countin' Crows or via the Chocolate Crow Trader Conact page.....or you can simply email me at

chocolatecrow@bigpond.com

BEV