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William769

(55,842 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:29 PM Feb 2020

Warsaw woman creates Scrabble quilt for Buttigieg

WARSAW, Ind. (WNDU) - When it comes to quilting and politics, Shelly Gilliland is passionate.

After being impressed with former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg at a 2018 event in Fort Wayne, she awaited the day he would announce his presidential candidacy.

In April 2019, Gilliland's dream came true when Buttigieg made the announcement. Around the same time, the Warsaw woman had an epiphany.

"I saw the fabric one day and thought, 'That needs to be a quilt for Pete. That just needs to be a quilt for Pete,'" Gilliland recalled.

https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Warsaw-woman-creates-Scrabble-quilt-for-Mayor-Pete-567600921.html

Excellent video @link.

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Warsaw woman creates Scrabble quilt for Buttigieg (Original Post) William769 Feb 2020 OP
How very cool! She is an artist. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2020 #1
You too Peggy. William769 Feb 2020 #2
Yes, good to see you again grantcart Feb 2020 #5
You too Grant. William769 Feb 2020 #6
What a precious gift radical noodle Feb 2020 #3
Your comment brought me back to the AIDS quilt. William769 Feb 2020 #4
Don't be sorry radical noodle Feb 2020 #7

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
5. Yes, good to see you again
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 09:52 PM
Feb 2020

I am working 16 hours a day so can't be around as much as I would like but haven't seen you around and was wondering about you the other day.

Good to see you again.

radical noodle

(8,742 posts)
7. Don't be sorry
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 10:15 PM
Feb 2020

I remember the AIDS quilt. A beautiful remembrance. I lost a dear high school friend to AIDS in the very early years of the disease. Even though he and I had lost touch, it broke my heart to hear he was gone.

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