ELF is delighted to be attending the Creative Stitches exhibition at Westpoint, Exeter for the 11th consecutive year. The exhibition runs from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th September.
Due to popular demand visitors will be able to view and win the brilliantly crafted Mennonite Quilt. This year’s stunning design is ‘Country Love’ which took over 3 months to make from design to completion by the Mennonite ladies who originated from the village of St Jacobs in Ontario, Canada. In addition to the quilt there will be additional prizes that can be won including a basket of wool, a painting and decoupage, with proceeds going to the charity.
The Mennonite and Amish communities known as the ’Plain People’ are descended from the Anabaptists, radical Protestant reformers who fled Europe in the mid eighteenth century to avoid religious persecution. The more conservative congregation of the Mennonite Church remain to this day as insular groups rejecting modern technology in favour of a simple and unadorned life which remains similar to 300 years ago. The traditional handmade quilts are sold to supplement their living which is predominately made from farming the land using practices from the seventeenth century.
Hayley Webb, ELF Community Events Fundraiser comments “Creative Stitches is a fantastic and varied exhibition which attracts many thousands from across the South West. It has become a firm favourite amongst our supporters and volunteers and they look forward to selling raffle tickets to win the Mennonite quilt amongst other great prizes raising valuable funds for the charity.”
Notes to editors: Exeter Leukaemia Fund supports patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood conditions and their loved ones in Exeter and across Devon and the South West. We provide support in a variety of ways including: Direct patient support, an ELF physical well being programme, provision of specialist equipment and environment and funding specialist research.
For more information about ELF please visit www.elfcharity.org.uk or contact Tracy Milton on 01392 247725, enquire@elfcharity.org.uk
Exeter Leukaemia Fund, ELF Office, RD&E Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW Registered Charity Number 297910.
