Strange but True

Tidbits of "out of the ordinary" happenings
involving quilts & Very Unusual Fabrics

Plummeting Quilt Paralyzes Man 

In China, a man has been left paralyzed by a quilt which fell on him from a four-story building:
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=50043&in_page_id=2

China Hospital Fire

In Beijing, a 43 year old patient saved himself and his wife from a hospital fire in which 39 people died by tying a quilt to a heating pipe and climbing down from his 3rd floor room. Unfortunately, his wife lost her grip and fell from the second floor level, seriously injuring herself.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/16/world/main1131922.shtml

Chinese Woman Survives Fall from 18th Floor

She fell while airing out a quilt
http://www.topnews.in/chinese-woman-survives-fall-18th-floor-2250614

Killer Wins Pounds 1400 For Warder Bite; Prison payout over bus clash

Fight was over a quilt
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KILLER+WINS+pounds+1400+FOR+WARDER+BITE%3b+Prison+payout+over+bus+clash.-a0211609771

Quilts are Hot and Vanishing Fast

Quilts now have the cachet of fine art or antique jewellery, and discerning thieves know it.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/20/1077072840178.html 

Inmates Master Quilting while Serving Time

These male quilters are killers, thieves, sex offenders.
http://www.komonews.com/news/81799602.html

12 Unexpected, Surprising, and Downright Weird Eco Fabrics Used in Fashion

"Organic cotton, wool, and bamboo are familiar enough to anyone who's only casually acquainted with eco-friendly fabrics. Ingeo, made from corn, doesn't require a huge leap of the imagination, either. But chicken feathers? Used fishing nets? Milk? Cigarette butts? There are some offbeat sustainable materials shimmying down the runways these days, and we're betting we've only just scratched the surface."
http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/08/weird-eco-fabrics.php