Since 2003, Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) volunteers have made over 32,000 quilts to donate to wounded service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. They have extended their efforts, and want to donate quilts to all American combat veterans who were wounded or touched by war, no matter what the conflict.

 

If you would like to get involved, Moda has a plan for you. It's called "Just One Star". They are hoping to make 100 quilts in 100 days. Flags of Valor, just like the one above. They need 1800 star blocks.  If quilters wanted to make Just One Star, it would be a huge help!!   For more information, check here!



Sandy's Contribution--8 Blocks



I wanted to show you my finished Halloween Quilt.



Pumpkin Echo Stitching





Spider Web Echo Stitching



Here is a picture of my latest KP Kids baby quilt.  One of our engineer's wife is due any time with their second son.

I wanted to show you what I have been working on most of the day.  No, it is not finished--I have to cook supper!!  I am quilting spider webs and pumpkins on every other block.

I also wanted to show you how big Tank (Welsh Corgi Mix) is getting.  Yesterday while I was fixing supper, he kept getting in my way.  So for a couple of minutes, I worked with him to "stay".  It worked for about five minutes--long enough for me to finish my prep!  Good Boy!  He likes to lay downstairs with me while I quilt.

That's it for today.   This evening while watching TV, I will sew the binding on my newest baby quilt.

I received my darling springy mug rugs today from Beth Foust!  She also included a nice springy fat quarter.  It snowed here this moring so I really like the idea that spring is just around the corner.  Or should I say around the lamp table!  Thanks so much Beth! 

When I got home from work yesterday, there was a thank you card from my Mug Rug Swap partner Kelly.  So this morning I check the list posted on "Quilting Gallery", found her blog and paid her a little visit.  She had posted pictures of her gifts.  That was kind of fun to see them on someone else's blog.  After I left my comment, I went back and took a better look at her blog.  AND, she just had a baby, a lttle boy named Jacob.  Congradulations Kelly! 

Cara Wilson from Cara's Quilts started a "Basic Charity Challenge".
 
I left a comment on her blog about my donation to the local hospice house.  Then, thinking about it, I deleted my story because I didn't think that it fit with donating to local shelters for women and children.  Then I re-considered.  Why?  Because I practice doing random acts of kindness wherever and whenever I can.  You can too.  Donate, contribute, volunteer where you see a need.  I know that quilters truly "Have a Heart"!

Thanks, Sandy

OK friends, I am back in season and can now check two more items off of my quilting goal list.  I made an Easter table topper using the large X Block Ruler.  I bought the book and ruler last summer when I met my sister in Yakima for my birthday lunch!





Easter Table Topper

I am going to have to try the X Block again.  In the mean time, I will send it to my sister.

Happy Sunday!

I know that I am a little out of season but when you find exactly what you are looking for, you have to act!  Last fall I bought a "Haunted Mansion" layer cake and a pattern that I thought would be perfect.  When the pattern got here, I didn't really like it.  So, I set the layer cake aside, UNTIL this week when I saw this on Moda Bake Shop and knew that I had found the perfect pattern.

The pattern also called for one charm pack, it arrived Thursday and here is the result:

I still need to add borders and I am going to order this fabric for the backing:



A BIG thank you to Amy Smart and the MBS for solving my dilemma!

I wanted to show you the quilt that I just finished for our grand-neice.  It has not been quilted yet.  She is a fashion diva, so the squares are all from Alexander Henry fabric.  Don't be too shocked by the colors--she likes them!

Did you notice the pink zebra stripes?!

I signed up for Daisy Quilts "February Hearts Sew-Along and here is my little table topper.  I changed my just a bit, but doesn't it look pretty!  It still needs to be quilted but that is for another day.

We had sunshine this morning so I could finally take pictures of quilts 2011 (4 and 5).

"Bliss"

Thimble Blossoms "Wild Thing"
Moda's "Collection for a Cause--Hope"

I am working on a couple of little projects.  Maybe I will get them done today.

I got a little side tracked yesterday.  I wanted a quick project, so I made "Modern Valentine Table Runner" that Sherri at "A Quilting Life" contributed to the "Be Mine Blog Tour".  I made mine square and also used Moda's "Giddy".

I'm going to get my sewing machine ready and finish the border on my "Wild Thing".   Yesterday I quilted a quilt for my sister's friend.  I have my quilting machine loaded with a lapsize quilt, using "Bliss". 

My day is planned out.  How about yours?



I thought that I would show you a couple of things that I have been working on.  The first is a wild "I Spy" baby quilt for a friend of a friend.  I have made these two ladies a couple of these quilts and they say that the babies love them!



Welcome Riley Sofia

The second project that I have been working on is a "Mug Rug Swap" sponsored by the "Quilt Gallery".  My swap partner wanted something bright and she likes polka dots!  I made a matching kitchen towel--don't tell her!  (I just noticed that I sewed the pieces of my big block rug mug wrong!)

Rug Mug Swap

And my WIP is a quilt by "Thimble Blossoms" called "Wild Thing".  I am using Moda's "Collection for a Cause--Hope".  I used the block pattern for one of my mug rugs!

Thimble Blossoms "Wild Thing"

I will show you the quilt, when I have finished quilting it and sewn the binding on.  Until then...

Happy 2011

I have finished my first quilt for 2011.  I used the black and white of Moda's Authentic and made, I don't know what to call it--contemporary??  Anyway, it is for a friend at work.

I am ready for some changes in my life.  I started yesterday with my blog, and I am still not happy with it.  More changes to come--as soon as I figure out how to do it.  Cozy Little House has a tutorial on making blog banners.  I have downloaded two recommended programs and am trying to work my way through the tutorial.