Mitzi Zohar made this lap quilt on Election Day. The quilting says, “Waiting for the polls to close. Hope in every stitch. November 4, 2008.”

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This is Diana Bracy‘s block from the Fiber Artists for Obama Group Quilt project. (Diana also made another one of our favorite Obama crafts, check it out here.) The top label reads “change is good,” the middle portion explains the conception of the quilt and the bottom label reads “what color is the soul anyway?” Most of the fabrics are from Ghana.

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This quilt was made by the Fiber Artists for Obama group, and is currently on its way to Houston, in hopes of it being shown in the “Patchwork Politics” section of Quilt Market. The quilters are from all over the country, and two women, Mary Bowman and Stephanie Scott, from Riverside, California pieced the blocks together. An Alaskan, Maria Shell, binded and quilted it, and added a label on the back that includes the names of each person who contributed to the quilt. Following Houston, the quilt will travel to as many states as possible, before it will be given to the Obama family.

Thank you to Diana Bracy (who made one of our favorite items we’ve posted here) for uploading this picture to the OCP Flickr pool.

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This video from the Quilters for Obama group really touched us as symbolic of the entire campaign over these many, many long months. This quilt, made by close to 30 quilters from all over this great nation, is part of a large fundraising effort on the part of the Quilters for Obama group. To date, they have raised almost $13,000 (from over 400 donors!) to support the Obama campaign. A bit more about this peoject:

There are star blocks representing all 50 states, 3 territories, Washington DC and even Americans Abroad…all who propelled Obama victoriously through the primaries! At the very center of this quilt is Barack Obama himself (created by 15,000+ tiny cross stitches) whom we are working so hard for, because he is working so hard for us!

They are raffling this quilt off, and the last day to enter the drawing is October 15, 2008. The drawing will be October 21, 2008. To enter, you can make a donation to the Obama campaign this fundraising page.The quilters request that the winner of this quilt NOT sell or auction it for their own personal gain, but, that they cherish this as an heirloom which commemorates this historic election or donate it to the Obama family/Obama Presidential Library.

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As Election Day draws nearer and nearer, we’re seeing more and more innovative and remarkable fundraising crafts in support of Senator Obama’s campaign. This is one is certainly special. This is a quilt made by none other than Denyse Schmidt and friends. (For more on Denyse, check out this excellent interview in American Craft Magazine from this Sept.) She believes this quilt is part of a long tradition of political quilting:

Long before women had the vote, they created quilts with political and commemorative themes. We are proud to participate in this honorable tradition.

You can enter to win this beautiful piece of Americana by making a $10 donation to this fundraising page on my.barackobama.com.

(Shout-out to Heather Ross for originally blogging about this fundraiser.)

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