The Group Is Formed
In 1997 a group of Samoyed Fanciers who were members of the SAMFANS online chat group happened to be talking about ways to raise money to help Samoyed dogs who needed rescuing. They knew that the rescue groups were constantly in need of funding. As they chatted, they discovered that they had something in common though they had never met. They all quilted. So after chatting online and coming up with a design, they got to work mailing parts of the quilts to different members and finally getting it all put together. This diverse group of 8 people came from all over the US from New England to the Mid West to Alaska and even Great Britian. But from that group, friendships have grown and money raised to help these dogs that we love. The first quilt was designed to go with the SCA National theme of fall in New England and was raffled off at the National Specialty in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It was a design of Maple Leaves in the colors of fall and Samoyeds.
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