Quilts for Orlando #quiltsforpulse

The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild has been collecting quilts and blocks for the victims of the shooting at Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. MQG members from around the world were invited to participate. The goal was to gather enough quilts to help not only the victims who survived, but the families of victims who perished, as well as first responders, nurses, police officers, etc. The design theme was rainbow hearts. This is the PGHMQG's submission.

Various guild members made the blocks, one member arranged them and assembled the quilt top. Another member did the quilting, I had the honor of finishing the quilt by applying the binding. The quilter was quite thoughtful when she machine embroidered each of the victim's names on the face of the quilt. This really brought the magnitude of this disaster front and center to me as I read each one while I worked. Here are the names and ages of the dead:

Akyra Monet Murray, 18

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21

Amanda Alvear and Mercedez Marisol Flores, 25 and 26

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25

Antonio Davon Brown, 29

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24

Cory James Connell, 21

Darryl "DJ" Roman Burt II, 29

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34

Enrique L. Rios, Jr, 25

Eric Ivan Ortiz Rivera, 36

Frank Hernandez , 27

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50

Geraldo A. "Drake" Ortiz-Jimenez, 25

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40

Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25

Juan Pablo Rivera Velazquez, 37

Juan Ramon Guerrero and Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 22 and 32

Kimberly Morris, 37

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Luis Daniel Conde , 39

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20

Luis S. Vielma, 22

Martin Benitez Torres, 33

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero and Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 26 and 31

Paul Terrell Henry , 41

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33

Stanley Almodovar III, 23

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24