Thursday, March 22, 2018

Hand2Help Donation

I have decided to join Sarah's

When a nor'easter come through south central PA on the first day of spring,
I spent the day at home and set aside a few hours to complete this quilt top.


A pre-printed panel that's been in my stash for far too many years.
Made into a simple window frame quilt.

When completed this quilt will be donated to
Little Lambs Foundation for Kids.
They include a quilt in a backpack for children going through
traumatic situations.

Now to get the quilt completed and in the mail by
June 1st, without the assistance of another snow storm.

You can see in the picture below that the snow was
up to the seat of our bench.....and it wasn't done snowing yet.


So thankful spring has arrived!
Carolyn



Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Bright baby quilt finish

Bright baby quilt finished last week.


A nursing student in our church has a fellow classmate
that is from out of the country with no extended family in the US.  
He and his wife are having a baby girl and so the
students decided to shower them with gifts.
I made this little quilt as a gift for them.



The fabric came from my stash, and if I remember correctly
most of it was gifted to me when a friend was cleaning out her craft space.  



The polka-dot backing was the remaining portion
of a thrifted bed sheet used in another project.



A fun little gift that only cost me my time.

On to more projects!
Carolyn










Friday, March 2, 2018

Playing catch up....


Recently I completed and mailed this purse to my cousin, Gina.
She had mentioned that she bought fabric to make a new purse
but as a busy homeschool mom of 6, she hadn't found the time
to make it yet.  I asked her to send me the fabric and I'd send her a bag.
They've been dealing with a life altering disease in their family and
I was delighted to bless her in this small way.



I found a free pattern for this cute sewing machine block.
I created these 2 mini quilts, around 11 inches square. 
I gave the red one to a friend for her birthday and 
the other to my younger sister for her birthday.
I have 2 more on my design wall - then I'll
be done with this pattern, some of those triangles are made
with 3/4 inch squares, that's a bit tiny for my liking.



I'm also working on this baby baby quilt,
a fun little scrap buster.
Hoping to finish it up this weekend.



So, that catches me up for the past few weeks.
What have you been working on?

Carolyn


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