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How It Began        We moved to Williams, AZ from Jarrettsville, MD in May of 2003  for our “retirement”  and a  new lifestyle.  Within 9 months after the move, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and life changed  in many ways. Just not quite the ways we had anticipated.   Quilting was something I enjoyed and planned to have more time for  in retirement. Well, I have more time, but as PWPs know it isn’t always “on”  time. I  have  lots of quilts planned, probably more than I will ever finish. As quilters know there are “toppers” and that is what I really like to do. I wanted to use my love of quilts and designing to bring attention to PD and its effects on our lives, and to help other PWPs. I was actually working on a traditional pieced tulip design when I saw Karen’s tulip on the PDPlan 4 Life site.  Jean  challenged me to create a quilt using it., and this is the one I decided to do first. (Actually design #3) The top is finished, nearly quilted, and we are raffling it off to promote PD awareness and raise funds for a project that will help PWPs with limited resources get needed treatments. If you have any suggestions I’d love to hear from you. If you are a  quilter and would like to get involved in our “Patchworks for Parkinson’s “ Project, please contact us. We’d love to see this project bloom and benefit PWPs everywhere.                                                                                                                  Linda * PWPs = Persons with Parkinson's   Patchworks Evolves  Now that our first goal is nearing completion, we are ready to start the next phase. The idea is to create a "commemorative" quilt honoring Arizoans with PD that will become a permanent display to raise awareness of the extent of PD and it's effects. We are hoping to involve as many PWPs as possible. The design currently under consideration would have spaces for 250 photo squares accented by the tulip square in reds, golds, and green.    We have also branched out to other parts of the country. A Wyoming Support Group is plaaning a raffle anf fair with a quilt they are making. A quilter from New York state is making a quilt for her sister-in-law with PD. The Midwest Chapter of APDA raffled a Patchworks quilt thid spring and raised almost $500. for patieent services.    In addition to our quilts at a recent AZ-APDA conference we raised over $1000.  selling our tulip T-shirts.