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An outpouring of love for Christchurch

September 7, 2011 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Stitchers around the world contributed to Hearts for Christchurch, an effort to express loving and healing thoughts for those affected by last year’s devastating earthquake in New Zealand. Organizer Evie Harris posted,

Two heart shapes sewn together, stuffed or not, embellished, embroidered, CQ’d,quilted, plain or fancy, anything goes. Add a loop for hanging…Sign (or not), add a message and where the hearts are from. This is a small measure of something nice to give in this terrible time.

More than 4,000 stitchers responded. Go to Evie’s blog post to see photos of the exhibition.

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