Why this textile artist decided to make quilts for LA fire victims


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Ighanian with piles of quilts she collected at her home in Glendale, California. Photos: Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Shaadee Ighanian didn’t lose her home in the Eaton fire in Los Angeles, California, the United States, but when her close friends with a baby did, the former children’s apparel designer wanted to help by making a quilt for seven-month-old Luna.

As Ighanian started piecing together the linen quilt, she thought of all the people who had been displaced.

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