The auction was a HUGE success!!! Our beautiful quilt was purchased by Wendy Marquardt. She is a big fan of Denyse’s work and also a passionate supporter of Heifer International. There couldn’t have been a better match! Wendy is so generous and sweet. I hope you are enjoying your quilt, Wendy.
$1735 is a lot of money. My kids wanted to be involved in picking what animals the proceeds from our auction purchased, so before we sent the quilt off we purused the online catalog and did some math. Brenna made a list to send to Wendy, and both Brenna and Jonah drew pictures of the animals someone, somewhere in the world will get to enjoy because of all of our efforts.
A Milk Menagerie includes a heifer, 2 goats, and a water buffallo.
A Knitting Basket is 4 wool bearing animals, llamas or sheep.
A Flock of Hope (Jonahs personal favorite) is a flock each of chicks, goslings, and ducklings.
Honey Bees consist of a hive of bees and training to take care of them.
Then we added an extra llama because, well, we like llamas 
(isn’t Jonah’s duck awesome?!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who bid on the quilt. I was optimistically hoping for $400-$600 dollars for this big quilt. Well, we got more than 4 times that!!! Amazing.
The universe truly smiles on all of our good efforts. It is so rewarding to see a little idea become something bigger and better than I could have hoped. Thank you to all who participated.
I’m glad your project has been such a success!
Love your children’s drawings :))
Great job. That’s amazing! The kids drawings are really icing n the cake.
glad to be a part of it all. Thanks for all of your effort and inspiration.
I am so proud and honored to have this AMAZING quilt! It is so full of love, and energy, and spirit!
The initiative is so wonderful—and must truly please The Universe: Because it gives generously. Because it outreaches to The World.
I love each square, each stitch….and the personal spirit that each of you contributed to this very magical piece.
I am the proud recipient of the “original” children’s drawings…which are delightful and inspirational. And I’m really glad about the llama, because I like llamas, too!
Ladies: YOU ARE HEROES! Thank you for making our world a better place to be. I am humbled to have your precious work and promise to take very good care of it.
With appreciation and gratitude.
Hugs to all of you.
Wendy Marquardt
Wow! $1735??? That’s wonderful! I’m thrilled to have been a part of this effort and I just love the kid’s pictures. Let them know I got a water buffallo for Christmas — well not me personally, but someone who needed it alot more than I do. What fun! Let’s do this again sometime!
Kathryn