This is what a football pitch full of quilts looks like –
impressive !
Saturday 8th
June saw 125 volunteers from all walks of life lay 5012 quilts on Hampden Park
in Glasgow. The project aimed to raise
awareness and raise funds from the sale of all the quilts for Alzheimer
Scotland.
The sun
shone throughout the day and everyone had a great time.
However, it took 4
years to get to this point. The first
two years involved me talking to those living with dementia and putting their
personal memories onto quilts. Some of
those quilts were in a separate exhibition in the Millennium Suite at Hampden
Park. The next two years were taken
over with talks around the country persuading (very willing) quilters to make enough
quilts to cover a football pitch. The
project is entitled “Yes we can – together” and I am pleased to report that “Yes
we did – together”.
An enormous
thank you to all who contributed quilts, to those who helped along the way and
to the volunteers who turned out on a wonderfully sunny day to help me make my
dream a reality.
