LACEWING PROJECTS

East Mountain Quilters of Costa Rica
In 2005, a group of 18 rural women began to learn about quilting. They made many small pieces at first. The quilters participated in a project with women from Sioux City, Iowa to create small quilts for a Biennial Quilt Show.

The quilters were invited to travel to the US to participate in a special exhibit in Iowa called “Shapes and Colors of Costa Rica” and to show their work at the Houston International Quilt Festival.

Lacewing Foundation helped to pay for the travel expenses for 4 of the quilters to make this exciting trip. None of these women had ever traveled outside Costa Rica. They had a marvelous time and received many honors.

Since then the East Mountain Quilters have constructed many major quilts including several quilts which were sent to Katrina victims.

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East Mountain Quilters

Costa Rica

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