Awareness Quilts
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is made up of more than 44,000 individual 3-by-6-foot memorial panels made by family members and friends in memory of a loved one who has died of AIDS. The AIDS Quilt, probably the most well-known of all awareness quilts, at 1,293,300 square feet (as of Jan 2010), is the largest signature quilt in the world. |
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Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that hinders and then eventually destroys the communication between nerves and voluntary muscles in the limbs, torso, and face, rendering them useless. It does not affect the involuntary muscles such as the heart, lungs and those in the digestive system. People suffering from ALS experience progressive paralysis throughout the body, with more than half of those afflicted dying within 3 years of diagnosis.To increase awareness about ALS, raise funds for The ALS Association’s global research program through an online raffle and auction of the quilts, and “warm the hearts and laps of ALS patients," Kathy Thompson, the owner of Quilters Dream Batting, launched the “Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS."
| Individual quilters as well as groups of quilters had until July 30, 2010 to submit their quilts. To reassure people with ALS that they are not forgotten, and that there are people out there thinking of them, quilters were also encouraged to attach a note of introduction and well wishes with the quilt. Some of the quilts will be sold in an online raffle and auction; some quilts that are not offered online will be distributed by The ALS Association to people with ALS and their families; and others will be featured in a traveling tour. |
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Parkinson's Disease Foundation Quilt Project
In December, 2009, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) announced the launch of the Parkinsons Disease Foundation Quilt Project - the first global quilt project to raise awareness of the impact that the disease has on the millions of people worldwide living with Parkinson's - along with their families, caregivers and friends - and the continued urgency to find a cure.
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