UPDATE - 9/17/14 - 3PM I just received a call from the Needle Nellies and they made the decision to cancel their quilt show. The smoke is too thick, and roads are closing around them. Please help support their Volunteer Fire Department by buying a ticket to win the Enchanted Autumn quilt. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. What a bargain! This show is their main fundraiser for the year......and they are losing the chance to raise money. You can email Lynn Tubbe at: blynn2b@internet49.com to purchase a ticket or FIVE. This group of 13 quilters make their community a better, and safer place to live. They are a wonderful, hardworking group of women who I'm proud to call friends. Please help me support their efforts and support their Volunteer Fire Department. ~~Lynn Wilder
Hello Everyone,
I've been very quiet on my blog this week since I've been preparing for the quilt show in Georgetown which might not take place this Saturday.
Those of us living in California are used to natural disasters. We are either shaking like a wet dog....(ask the residents in Napa about this.) Or we are burning down and we don't have any water to fight the fires. Right now we are burning down and my friends, The Needle Nellies in Georgetown, are experiencing this frightening situation first hand.
There's a large fire burning way too close to their community. Several of the Needle Nellies are on voluntary evacuation status.
The Needle Nellies are a small group of quilters that have raised over $40,000 from tickets sales from their opportunity quilt and annual quilt show. All of the money collected is donated to their volunteer fire department. Their volunteer fire department is now on the front lines fighting the King fire that is threatening their small, mountain community.
Tomorrow, the Nellies are going to make the decision on whether or not the quilt show can still take place. I urge you all to go to the Needle Nellies website HERE and purchase a ticket for their award-winning Enchanted Autumn opportunity quilt designed by Verna Mosquera. The money goes to such a good cause, and the girls may be losing their best opportunity to raise funds this weekend.
I'll give you an update tomorrow once I find out the status of the show. In this case, "the show must go on" doesn't apply.
Soon,
Lynn
Thanks for the link, Lynn. This must be so terrifying for everyone affected. Sadly, the Needle Nellies' support efforts for their volunteer fire department are more important than ever.
ReplyDeleteSending prayers for all affected. I know the devastating affects of fire first hand since my son and his family lost the family farm and their business in 2011 to fire. I will never forget the horror of seeing flames above us as we desperately tried to save their belongings. I hope Georgetown is spared and California gets rain soon.
ReplyDeleteI am also sending prayers their way....after living like that last summer in the Rim Fire....I also sent an email trying to find out how to buy tickets for their community quilt.....hope they get control of the fire soon so they can still hold the show....or maybe do it another weekend....
ReplyDeleteTo the Needle Nellie Ladies...My thoughts and prayers are with you all! Hope you and your families will be safe and your homes be spared from this devastating wildfire!
ReplyDeleteWatching these fires break my heart ! We are feeling the effects of this horrible fire as we are experiencing very thick heavy smoke here in Grass Valley :-( We had a fire start last Saturday about a mile down the road from us "THE DOG BAR FIRE " that is now 75% contained VERY SCARY !
ReplyDeleteIt must be so very scary for them all. My thoughts are with everyone and I hope they all come through it and are OK.
ReplyDeletePrayers for a safe and quick ending.
ReplyDeleteSending prayers and positive thoughts...
ReplyDeleteI do hope the community near the fire are OK, as we here in Oz know only too well the fear of fires. Hope the quilt show is great. All take care.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragedy, Lynn. I hope for the best for everyone there and in all the other fires that rage around you. I know how much these gals mean to you. Having a firefighter in the family brings it all so much closer to home!
ReplyDeleteLet us know if they decide to put the quilt show on at a later date.....I would love to attend.....
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