We Want YOU!

The CHD Awareness Quilt Project wants YOUR story!

As we feature individual quilts on this blog, we would like to include YOUR story!

If you have a website, send us the link! and let us know what quilt your block is on!

Visit the CHD Awareness Quilt Store when shopping for the perfect gift!

Shopping at the on-line CHD Awareness Quilt Store ensures your recipient recieves a delightful gift while you help us promote greater awareness of congenital heart defects!

Current merchandise selections include stained glass hearts, CHD Quilt T-shirt, CHD Quilt Pins and Primitive Heart Ornaments. these gifts are perfect for any occasion!

Visit the store at http://www.chdquilt.org/store.html

Primitive Heart Ornaments
Each metal ornamnet comes with three magnetic buttons. Perfecto for hanging small photos or notes
Each measures 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"
$ 5.00 + S&H

Visit our store today for the rest of the selections!

CHD Awareness Quilt Project on display in Fall River, MA

The CHD Awareness Quilt Project
is pleased to announce the
2009 Annual Quilt show!
Boys and Girls Club of America

803 Bedford Street,
Fall River, Massachusetts 02723
Saturday, July 25, 200910:00am - 3:00pm hosted byMichaela Gagne (http://www.michaelagagne.com/)

In addition to the quilts being on display, the City of Fall River is among many local businesses sponsoring the Fall River Chidren's Healthy Heart Festival to run in conjuntion with the CHD Awareness Quilt Show. Please watch this blog for more information on the Festival!

Intermountain Healing Hearts to hold Family Summer Picnic

Two of the quilts in the series will be on display at the InterMountain Healing Hearts Family Summer Picnic. The picnic will be held at Primary Children's Medical Center100 N. Mario Capecci WaySalt Lake City, UT 84113 on Saturday, June 27, 4:00PM.

For more information please call 801-652-4672

Intermountain Healing Hearts (IHH), is a support group formed in 2007 for families of children or adults with congenital heart defects (CHD's) and heart disease who live in the greater Intermountain West Region. (Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah) and are seen through the cardiology clinic located in Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Intermountain Healing Hearts offers resources and a caring support network as families find answers and move forward to find healing and hope.

Heart of A Father Interview

Our very own J.D. Mcain is going to be interviewed on June 17 th for the local news KCRA in Sacramento, California!!!! (NBC affiliate) It will air on June 20 or June 22. The interview surrounds Anna Jaworski's new book “The Heart of a Father” is scheduled for release on Father's Day, 2009. J.D. and his son Steve wrote articles for the book. Steve (dad to Samantha) wrote about when Samantha was born. J.D wrote a part about becoming a chd grandfather and included the chd awareness quilts in his story! Quilt #50 was taken with them to the interview along with pictures of Samantha.

The CHD Awareness Quilt Projects 2009 show will be held in Fall River, MA (see details below)


The CHD Awareness Quilt Projectis pleased to announce the 2009 Annual Quilt show!Boys and Girls Club of America
803 Bedford Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02723Saturday, July 25, 2009
10:00am - 3:00pm
hosted byMichaela Gagne (www.michaelagagne.com)