Quilts need homes, just like families

The beauty of your help from my past projects,
has grown into this beauty.

Quilts given to homeless families that are being put back into housing, and life.

http://bumblebeansbasics.com/

Please hop over to the site,
Send off a quilt.

You can empower a family with just a quilt.

Take the button, post, tell, share.

Spread the love around.

Thank you!

All 8!

Tops are all finished... I had to scrap as much as possible to make the fabric stretch! JP sent another box today so I was able to border the quilts, and now I will piece the back as well out of everything I have left. I tried to at least have 2 quilts for boys that weren't all flowery. The plaid and green one. They were so fun to work on! Thanks Jennifer again!

ALSO! Project Linus will get these quilts. Thanks for Voting!

Pleased as punch!

Click image to see them larger!

So far, I have these put together... I have two more sets to complete, and then I will use all fabrics I have left from Jennifer to scrap borders together...

Don't they look awesome!!

So when are you all coming over to help me bind them when they are done being quilted???

;-) I wish.

Please also,

HOP over to my pal, Linda's page(click here), and thank her profusely, for accepting to quilt ALL of them for us...

You guys R O C K!!!!

Pink and blue

PLEASE VOTE >>>>>>

Baby Blankets it is! I am planing to start them tomorrow(tuesday)...
Luckily I have lots of Jennifer's fabrics in pink and blue, so I' will do 4 of each...
Shall we vote on the donation receiver?
let me see if I can figure out a vote thingy on this blog....
;-)
And if I am missing any that were mentioned please let me know again and I will add it to the vote list at right...
This was a group project, so i want you all to pick... thanks guys!

Baby blankets....???

Hello Fabulous ladies.
Happy New Year!

I squared up the sis boom blocks today, and as I was doing so was thinking about
how they will go together... I divided them up into piles of 6
and am thinking about making 8 baby quilts instead of 2 big quilts..

I have yardage of a pink fabric and of a blue fabric from Jennifer,
and think that would be a nice way to finish them off.


Then we can donate them to Project Linus or which ever charity that will accept them,
that we would like....

How does that sound?

Let me know your favorite charity groups for kids quilts, then we can vote on it...

Happy New Year!

JP makes for cute quilts

The first I had heard of Jennifer Paganelli was in September. I went to visit Victoria in New York (to sew together) and she had this box of fabrics that this designer had sent her. She asked me if I would like to make a couple of blocks for these two quilts she was putting together. Of course I said yes. (I was staying at her house, was I going to say no?) I zipped two blocks together and fell in love with these fabrics.





A month later, I had to make two baby quilts (for girls) before the first of the year. Well, what else was I going make them with? And of course, they turned out darlin.




And then guess what I did with the left over scraps.

all of them!

Hi all! So i do have all the blocks now! if only I had a design wall to stick them up on!

After Christmas I will sort them and get working on putting them all together.

I thank all of you for your lovely work!

Now do you all wanna come to NY and help me put them together?

ha! wishful thinking... *smiles!*

Being new to applique myself, I have to say, I learned a lot from each of the blocks in came in.

So. Stay tuned. There will be a bit of a break before I can get to to putting these together.

So for now, I want to wish everyone , Happy Holidays!

And THANK YOU ALL for your lovely generosity and creativity!

And helping me with this most recent Donation Quilt.

I know how busy we all get this month, and my wish for you all, is that you get to savor each precious moment... Because it all goes so fast...

ENJOY!

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

I did my blocks for Sis Boom Pow Block Gather - but I just haven't posted them yet.  I thought I would finally get them posted - if anyone is still interested!

I really enjoyed making these!  The fabric is so fun.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to do this, V!  I can hardly wait to see this quilt finished.

Almost done!

I've recvd almost all the blocks.
A few are not signed and I did not remember at the time to look at the envelope
so i don't know who to remind. I think they might be in the mail..
or if you don't see your blocks in the photos, let me know that they were sent.

Great job Everyone!!!!

A Finished Little Bee

Just wanted to share the finished little bee on my second block for V!

Three Billy Goats Gruff

Inspiration shouldn't come from the bathroom when it comes to quilting, but it did. We've been having some bathroom battles with our three year old and we've taken to reading to her while we all wait for her to go.  Her favourite book for this is an edition of Three Billy Goats Gruff that was my Hubby's when he was a kid.  

As soon as I got my package from Victoria I thought of the book.  The colours of the fabric were bright and rich, just like those in the illustrations.  So I took the flowers that are on nearly every page of the book and recreated them with the fabric.  It's all fusible applique with a contrasting outline stitch to echo the notion of illustration.

Now, aren't you glad I didn't say I was inspired by poop?

Fiesta Flowers!

So I'm finally getting these done! Aaagh!

Here is the ironed together first block :) It will be raw edge appliqued.

The theme was Fiesta and my favorite thing about a fiesta would have to be the colorful skirts and flowers that are worn, so, I took that idea and ran!

I layered my flower with color in the center but then I decided to mix 'em up a bit just for fun!

My second block will be a bit different but still fun! I'll post as they come along!

I also had some issues with shrinking of the backing but went ahead and just tried to give enough edge space to trim and sew :)

I'm loving all the blocks and can't wait to see them all together, but I guess that means I better stop talking and start sewing!

Almost... finished...

One block down... Inspired by this Flickr photo...


One to go! Just a few more stitches to add tonight... it just needed a little something more buzzing around...

I ended up caving under pressure (deadlines, eeeek!) and falling back on raw edge, fused and machine stitch applique, which isn't new to me although I haven't done a lot of it either. However, this experiment did inspire me to broaden my applique skills in the needleturn department. I'm looking for a local class or considering the Piece O Cake book for that... so thank you V! I will be mailing these to you by the end of the week!

Finally!

I finally managed to get my blocks done. I was beginning to wonder if I'd make the deadline! I didn't even choose anything that hard . . .

I made both of mine alike . . . I guess my imagination is a bit stalled (too much head congestion). It's a Robyn Pandolph design from a long time ago, greatly simplified. I liked the birds everyone else was doing, so I thought these two would fit right in with them.

So they'll be in the mail soon, and I'm so glad I made it in time. Thanks, V, for including me! It's been fun!

another week...

Hey there Mr. Postman!~

We have a little more than a week before Nov 14th.

Please try to have your blocks mailed by NOV14th.

Right now only half of you have sent in your blocks. I would like to try to wrap up this project before the holidays, So please make the effort.
Thanks!
They all look great, and know that many are in the mail as I write this.

Also, Check in with Jennifer Paganelli this week, see what cute things she's been up too.

Finally plucked up the courage!

Well I finally plucked up the courage to have a go with the real fabrics. I settled on a raw edge technique.

I started off with a Dia de los Muertos theme, but it just looked wierd and a bit spooky rather than funky and cool which was the look I was going for! So that got turned into this.

And then I was inspired by Upsy Daisy from In the Night Garden, and did this flower.

I thought it would balance nicely with V's dresden plate.

Hope you like them V, they'll be in the post this afternoon.

Hi Ladies,

got my blocks done for the quilts. It was fun to learn something new. I originally wanted to try different types of applique, but in the end...I ran out of time...I found the tutorial for this block at Cluck Cluck Sew. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for the opportunity V. ~Jenny

From Italy

This are the blocks made by my friends.... both are great appliquè quilters!


The Claudia's ones...

...and the Luciana's ones...

All the blocks are flying to N.Y.city!

Wow!

Looking good Everyone! The Blocks are really looking great together!
I'm loving seeing how all your creative minds work! It's truly a great experience seeing these blocks come in and watch the quilts grow! So many processes, techniques and designs, so very Inspiring! Thanks for taking the challenge!
Remember to please have you blocks shipped ASAP,
I'd liked to have received the rest by Mid November.
Thanks!

Keep those creative juices flowing!

I finished my second block this am!
I will be mailing them to Victoria on Monday!
Happy Halloween
Kathie
http://inspiredbyantiquequilts.blogspot.com/