autographs..who would you ask for..serious question,help needed

[Manouche]

Just read about Tim and I would add him to my list to represent all those young men who flew the Spitfires in the Battle of Britain.

[Manouche]

[Jeannine]

Hi, some truly great ideas now, I am sooo grateful to you all.

I can't think why I didn't have Aung San Suu Kyi on there ,she certainly should be on. thank you Unwashed .Ellen is on my new list.  The two computers genuises I will have to read more about, I was not aware of those and need to really understand before I write.

I do have De Niro and I have tried David Bellamy but the letter came back at the wrong addie so he will get another letter sent to him

I can't thank you enough for all the help, I really want it to be finished.I haven't even decided what to do with it. Ihave always said in my letters to people that it is not a commercial venture and promise it will n ot be sold in my lifetime.It would be worth a great deal of money however so maybe I need to be thinking about that..

Any ideas what to to do with a couple of patches I am uncomfortable with,, I have OJ Simpson, requested before he was accused of murdering his wife.I also have Mike Tyson, jailed for rape. Trying hard to be non judgemental but I wouldn't  put them in the quilt and I feel odd about destroying them after asking for them,,silly really I guess.

XX Jeannine

[:(]

I need a few more sports folks.

Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie womens and mens marathon world record holders
Dame  Tanni Grey Thompson 11 gold paralympic medals
Yelena Isinbayeva broke world record pole vault 27 times
Sir Steve Redgrave
Roger Federer
Martina Navratilova
Oscar Pistorius (bladerunner)
Sir Chis Hoy
Michael Johnson 200/400m Olympics/World Records
Usain Bolt fastest man
Michael Schumacher 7 times world champion

[galina]

Any ideas what to to do with a couple of patches I am uncomfortable with,, I have OJ Simpson, requested before he was accused of murdering his wife.I also have Mike Tyson, jailed for rape. Trying hard to be non judgemental but I wouldn't  put them in the quilt and I feel odd about destroying them after asking for them,,silly really I guess.

XX Jeannine

This could happen to some of the others too.  Do you have a few tiny black sheep you could add to their signature patch?

[springbok]

Mike Tyson has been visiting the UK in the past month or two.  He did an event that a friend organised!!

It sold out in matters of minutes.  He is still a legend in sport regardless of what he was charged with!!.

Lots of sportsman/woman, politicians, etc etc, have been in the papers for one thing or the other :)

Personally think he should go on it!! :) but thats just my opinion!! xx

[GrannieAnnie]

You could put deceased historical figures using a copy of their signature. I was thinking of George Washington but being a Brit you might not care for him. If it were my quilt I'd put on Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Your idea is a more elegant rendition of what my mom did. She had a big picnic table sized cotton tablecloth and would have guests sign it in indelible ink  during the picnic. Fun looking at that over the years but now I wonder what became of it when she died.... :(
Somehow George Washington signed it! ;D

[Jeannine]

They have to authentic Grannie Jannie, if I didn't do that fairly the whole quilt would be in doubt.I do have Ronald Reagen and tried for Mrs Bush senior but didn't get it.

XX Jeannine

[GrannieAnnie]

Jeannine, please post a picture of your interesting quilt when able. Such a great idea!

[GrannieAnnie]

Having just read the articles about our Tim that Digeroo kindly sent me, he would be an excellent signature candidate for a patch as somebody already suggested.

[Jeannine]

Grannie Annie it will be ages before it is finished probably another 4 or 5 years, it takes soemtimes 2 or 3 months to get apatch returned, and it takes me about 8 hours to embroider over the signature in minature. so lots of stuff even before I begin to fasten it all together.

I can post a picture of the quilt  idea for joining them I think. had it for years and may still. and I would be happy to post soem of the patches that are already siged for you to look at, some of them have a lot more than a signature on, some of the letters are interesting too, quite happy to post any of that.

So far I have only sent greens, gold out but need to send some other colurs now as it would be too dull with just those shades.

It is a project that I really go at for a few months, then burn out and put it away again for a year or two.
Same with my dolls.I have just bought  kiln so I can get unfinished ones china painted. I think as I am getting older and not so great health wise I have this need to tidy up my affairs.

Let me know if you want me to show some of the patches.

XX Jeannine

[:(]

I need a few more sports folks.

Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie womens and mens marathon world record holders
Dame  Tanni Grey Thompson 11 gold paralympic medals
Yelena Isinbayeva broke world record pole vault 27 times
Sir Steve Redgrave
Roger Federer
Martina Navratilova
Oscar Pistorius (bladerunner)
Sir Chis Hoy
Michael Johnson 200/400m Olympics/World Records
Usain Bolt fastest man
Michael Schumacher 7 times world champion

Youre welcome!

[GrannieAnnie]

Jeannine, PLEASE show us some of the patches. What a unique quilt you're making. I hope you keep plowing through and finish it though I've done some in the past and know how the zeal can flag for a project. When we were first married my husband learned he'd also married a  "project woman" who begins many but finishes few. Our meager storage space was over-run with them so he finally made me promise to not have more than three unfinished at a time!  Might that be you? ;D

[Jeannine]

Yep. that is me, but....... I do so many crafts and writing that I have tons of unfinished things..tons.


I will get John to photograph some of the more interesting ones, some stitched and others not.

The handwriting is interesting, George Burns writing was shaky. Bette Midlers was flamboyant and Sir John Gielguid was very neat and controlled.Elizabeth Taylor wrote is silver ink which was very unstable, I was so glad to get that one stitched .

I will try for getting them in the next couple of day.

XX Jeannine

[grannyjanny]

I would love to see some of those Jeannine. What an heirloom that would be.