Congratulations to Jan MacFadyen, and the many quilters who support her community work.
From bushfires to tsunamis, Janet’s quilts comfort those in need
Janet MacFadyen’s quilts have been raffled by the Armenian embassy in Paris to pay for orphanages, and were flown to Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami. At the turn of the century, she would regularly drive a trailer full of them from her home in Shepparton to Puckapunyal, where dozens of citizens from war-torn Kosovo had taken refuge … Most of her quilts are delivered anonymously, sent to foster care homes and women’s refuges without her ever meeting the recipients.
It’s little surprise, then, that she thought her Order of Australia Medal for service to the community through charitable organisations was a prank … Michael Fowler, The Age (Melbourne). January 25, 2022
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| Image from our community quilts archive |
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