Dear reader,

This week I got not one but TWO emails from quilt class alumni who are using their new skills as quilters to create raffle quilts for families and relief efforts in Gaza. Nothing delights me more than seeing artists use their skills and practice to bring awareness and resources to the most vulnerable and marginalized people of the world.

Raffles and group quilts have a long and varied history - from Civil War raffle quilts to the AIDS Memorial Quilt, to the trans and queer group quilts of today, there is no shortage of examples of quilts bringing people together.