Jo's Library Quilt
Authors Helping Build A Library
Signature By Signature...Block By Block...Book By Book!

ABOUT JO'S LIBRARY QUILT

Libraries raise quality of life, encourage success in schools & provide lifelong learning. They bring communities together. Libraries are under siege! Jo's Library Quilt was launched to help our little community help our little library...we can't depend on tax dollars alone!
Folks across 26 states helped "accessorize" our NEW Library!

The Drawing was held July 22nd, 2011.
Winners of the three (3) giveaways (shown below) were thrilled!
 
Thanks to all for your support & donations!

 

The Quilt...The Book Collection...The Collage




Participating Authors in Jo's Library Quilt Project

JENNIFER CHIAVERININICHOLAS SPARKSFERN MICHAELS
EILEEN GOUDGEBARBARA DELINSKYDEBBIE MACOMBER
JIM STOVALLJEFFERY DEAVERSTEPHEN M.R. COVEY
DOUGLAS PRESTONUWEM AKPANALEXANDER MCALL SMITH
JOY FIELDINGKEN FOLLETTJANE SMILEY*
JONATHAN KELLERMAND.J. MACHALESANDRA DALLAS
TESS GERRISTENNORA ROBERTSJ.D. ROBB
JIM NANTZLAURA MCNEALKATE WHITE*
MARY HIGGINS CLARKCARL HIAASENDEAN KOONTZ
JASON WRIGHTADRIANA TRIGIANITOM MCNEAL
CLIVE CUSSLERSEAN COVEYLEE SMITH
DAVID BALDACCIELIZABETH STROUTWILBUR SMITH
J. A. JANCEROSANNE CASHJODI PICOULT
RICHARD PAUL EVANSJOHN LESCROARTJOHN SEARLES
TRACIE PETERSONJANET EVANOVICHW.E.B. GRIFFIN*
STEPHEN R. COVEYWILL BAGLEY
CHRIS BOHJALIAN
DAVID McCULLOUGHTOM CLYDE
KAREN KINGSBURY
MICHAEL LEWIS*B. SMITH
R.J. ELLORY
JOSHILYN JACKSON*HEATHER B. ARMSTRONG*
TATJANA SOLI*
MARIE BOSTWICK*TED DEKKER*
JANE GREEN*
WILLIE GEIST*JESSICA SEINFELD*
FRANCINE LASALA*
MEG COX*JEAN HOUGHTON-BEATTY*
ADAM SELZER*
KATHRYN STOCKETT*

*Authors on THE COLLAGE

Let me tell you about Jo’s Library Quilt.


My name is Jo Garver. I live in Coalville, Utah, a small town in northeast Utah with a population of approximately 1400 people. Our community needed a LARGER library...we have for sometime! Our current county library is 900 sq. ft. and is housed in a city office room that we LEASE.

We needed MORE SPACE  in a BUILDING of our own! We needed a children's area. Our existing children's area consists of a little table with 3 chairs.


 

We needed a larger study area with more computers and room to spread out reading material!



We needed two checkout stations to better serve our patrons!

WE NEEDED MORE SPACE!!!

In October of 2009, our monthly book club read an historical novel, The Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. At first it sounded a little too "goody two-shoe" for me. But I learned not to judge a book by its' cover! Her main character, Dorothea Granger, created a quilt with authors' signatures incorporated into the quilt and it was sold to raise money to build a new library. Dorothea and the book have been one of the "tools" that have inspired me and helped me launch  Jo's Library Quilt project with the hopes of raising funds for our community's LIBRARY that we so desperately need!!!

In February of 2010, I began writing authors to ask them if they would participate in Jo's Library Quilt project by donating their autographs on a piece of fabric. Their responses have been BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS50 of the authors listed above have provided their signatures and are now  incorporated into Jo's Library Quilt!

We have an extraordinary group of Authors Helping Coalville Build A Library! See recent "New Item" regarding "New" Library that we are going to help "accessorize!"

These authors have made DONATIONS to this project so now I am reaching out to others to DONATE to help raise funds for our community's county library. And to thank you for your support, you will have a opportunity to WIN the QUILT plus additional autographed masterpieces

...read on!!!


About the Quilt

THE QUILT, a version of a library book shelf pattern was a quilt creation by a local, avid quilter in Coalville who just happens to be our Coalville Librarian, Yvonne Judd.  (The original design was created by Christine Thresh from California in 1994.) Yvonne, along with her artistic guidance assembled and created the quilt with the "helping hands" of local quilters Nelda Staples,  Annette Moore, Lisa Bagnell, Linda Vernon, Rona Wright, Trudy Geary,Tami Stevens and Jeanette Vernon. And many of these gracious volunteers DONATED fabric as well as their time!



Here are the first completed quilt blocks with the authors' signatures incorporated! Do you see your favorite author yet? I do...ALL OF THEM!!! Browse the Photo Gallery...your favorite author may be out there. And come back often...Jo's Library Quilt is Growing Every Day!

Tess Gerristen and Alexander McCall Smith!

Sandra Dallas and Dean Koontz!

But wait...it gets even better!

In addition to THE QUILT, Eileen Goudge, an author and helpful soul, suggested we “up the ante" with autographed books! So many of the generous, supportive authors who provided signatures for THE QUILT, have also provided autographed copies of their works! Many have donated two; even boxes of books!!! So with your DONATION you have a opportunity to WIN an entire AUTOGRAPHED BOOK COLLECTION for your own personal library! My mailbox has new surprises every few days! So come back often and watch the collection grow!

Your favorite book or author just may be here and you can DONATE to a great cause - a LIBRARY - for the opportunity to WIN this COLLECTION!


And Another Opportunity...

THE QUILT is complete but guess what? A few more signatures showed up in my mailbox! And there are still FABULOUS AUTHORS to write!  So we have just the right "place" to "place"  for these special "late arrivals" and "new arrivals" as well....the "Framed Author's Signature Collage" commonly known as THE COLLAGE.  A great wall-hanging in YOUR library.

Another OPPORTUNITY to WIN and another OPPORTUNITY to say THANK YOU for your support! It's going to be a THRILLER...just like THE QUILT and the BOOK COLLECTION!


How To Donate (Drawing took place July 22nd; thank you ALL!)

YOU can DONATE ONLINEand receive entries to WIN THEQUILT,THEBOOK COLLECTION, THE COLLAGE orALL THREE!  THAT’S OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR HELPING US RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR NEW LIBRARY THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED!!!  The more you donate, the more opportunities! You'll receive an e-mail confirmation showing how many opportunities based on donation amount! AND it's your TAX-DEDUCTIBLE receipt!

If you are unable to make a donation or if you would like to be “kept in the know” of the progress of Jo’s Library Quilt, you may sign the Guest Book located at theSummit Mercantile, 16 S. Main in Coalville and you will be added to our mailing list. And as a thank you for your support & interest, you will also be included in our giveaway entry. And for those of you not comfortable with “online” DONATIONS, you can also make donations at the Summit Mercantile in Coalville (cash or check only).

The Quilt is COMPLETE!

THE Collage is COMPLETE!

The Book Collection is COMPLETE!

Search For National Platform For Drawing is COMPLETE!

Great Local Platform Picked...The Place My Dream Began...

Our Existing Library in at 10 S. Main St, Coalville, UT!

Drawing took place on July 22nd beginning at 4:00 pm.

THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED "ACCESSORIZE" OUR NEW LIBRARY!!!

AND THANKS FOR VISITING!