Quilts for Kids

         This is a wonderful charity that uses discarded & donated new fabrics to make quilts for  hospitalized children. You sign up on their web site & they send you a kit & instructions to make a quick & easy quilt. The only thing not included is the batting. You just sew up the top, quilt & bind it & send it back. Just a few hours of your time is worth the smiles!! http://www.quiltsforkids.org/

My Quilting Goals for 2010 & UFO Pic's

In 2009 I made a list of goals I hoped to accomplish. Well I think I did pretty good.
*I finished all my Mom's UFO's, the last 3 are at the quilters.
*I used over 200 yards of fabric from my stash.
*My machine embroidery files are about 90% organized.
* Finished a quilt for each of my Grand kids
* Finished 6 of my UFO's
* Made 4 Tops for Charity + donated several almost finished tops & fabric
* I haven't made a 2nd wedding quilt for daughter # 1 but the pattern has been chosen.
* And I was still sewing for Christmas 2 days before. Not sure I'll ever make this goal. I just can't seem to get motivated before Dec 1st!

Now on to 2010
#1. Complete the unfinished 2009 goals!
#2. Finish 6 more of my UFO's
#3. Make a Flannel quilt for my bed
#4. Finish all the Quilt Unv. EQ6 classes
#5. Donate several tops, quilts or pillowcases & fabric
#6. Enjoy Life
Bonus Goal: Use another 200+ yards of fabric from my stash!!

This morning I went through boxes & totes hunting up all the unfinished projects I have left. I'm getting down there! Only 12 to go, TWELVE!!
The 1st picture is almost finished tops:
1 Black Stained Glass needs borders (finish for daughter#2) 2000-
2 Bears Paw needs borders (will be donated to someone) 1996-
3 Baskets needs a little more Button Hole stitch & quilted 2000-
4 Thimblesberries "Safe Haven" needs quilted ?
5 Batik Lone Star needs quilted 2000-
6 Machine Embroidered Bears of the Month, need to make 4 more blocks 2005-



2nd Picture starting top left:
7 Quilters Flower Garden needs borders 2003-
8 Scottie Dogs needs 2 more blocks & pieced together 2000-
9 Starburst, Finish piecing 2006-
10 Lower left, Thimbleberries Got to find the rest of the fabric 1998-
11 Bernina Christmas Pillows finish 2006-
12 Bow Tie started for my husband in 1958 by his Grandmother
That's it, all 12 UFO's That's all I could find. :) Happy Quilting

Quilts of Valor # 2

This is the 2nd Patriotic - Disappearing Nine Patch I made for the Quilts of Valor project. I'll be mailing these off to Debra at Debra's Design Studio on Monday to be quilted. This is a really great pattern when you need a fast & easy quilt! I'm sure I'll be using it again. And I've used another 11 yards from my fabric stash for the year!! Look on my sidebar at the little snail in the flowers & you'll see that I'm over 1/2 way to my fabric usage goal...

And I forgot to load the quilt pic's

The Quilt of Valor, Donation quilt & my Blue Goose in the Cabin Quilt!

Wonky Stars and Fabric Challenges

My daughter Hannah helped me make these 25 Wonky Star blocks to send to Australia for the Bush Fire quilt project. They went together so fast, with me sewing & Hannah trimming & pressing! While helpful Hannah was admiring the blocks she said "you know they are getting a ton of blocks, I think we should put this top together so they don't have too, Soooooo.....


here's the top. It's off in the mail on Monday, wrinkles & all.


Credits:


Wonky Star Block - Gwen Marston


Wonky Star Tutorial here


Bush Fire Quilt Project Info here & here
There are several Bushfire Quilt projects going on right now, I chose this one because the star blocks looked fast, fun & easy to make & they were!

And in other news:


Judy at Patchwork Times has challenged us to make a quilt top totally from your fabric stash. She said you should be able to find your fabric
in 5 minutes or so! Well I think I almost cheated because I was given a stack of 30 Fossil Ferns fat quarters 4 years ago when I was working for a Bernina dealer. They were just sitting there all together on my cutting mat with big chunks taken out from making Wonky Stars so I thought why not!! Here are all my cut pieces.

Machine Embroidery & Yo-Yo's

I finally got my Internet back. It's been more off than on for over a week. Now I'm playing catch up with e-mail's & comments left on my blog. But with the computer down time I got the 2 front flower beds cleaned out & helped my husband clean up the horse pastures. Then I took a good look at my favorite embroidered Denim shirts & they are starting to look pretty raggedy, so thought it was time to make some more! Way back in 2001 Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine had this shirt featured using Sue Box embroidery designs from the "Golden Classic" collection. It took me longer to find the magazine again than to do the embroidery. But I really like how it's turning out. Only 1 more motif to go.

And while I sit there waiting to change threads I'm making purple & pink Yo-Yo's for 2 Coverlets to be raffled off. The pink one will raise money for the local Breast Cancer Survivors group & the purple one is in support of the Mahoney House, a shelter for abused women & children. I love gadget's & now I had a reason to buy the new Yo-Yo maker by Clover. I promised to make at least 50 Yo-Yo's & they are going fast!!!

Cattlewomen's Raffle Quilt for 2008

Here is the finished Cattlewomen's Quilt to be raffles off this summer. All proceeds go for a Scholarship to a local high school student! This is the 2nd year that I machine embroidered the center for them. All the brand blocks are actual Brands for area ranches & are embroidered by hand & then hand quilted! If any one is interested in tickets, you can email me for the info.

Cattle Womens Quilt Project

Every year the Cattle Women's Assn. for Lemhi County makes a quilt to raffle off. All proceeds go to a scholarship for a HS student. I don't belong to the club, but for the 2nd year in a row I've embroidered the center for them. They tell me what they want & I get it as close as I can. When they get the quilt finished, I'll try to get a picture.