Quiltsy Cares Charity Quilts - March 2015, Week #4

... continues from Week #1, Week#2 and Week #3

March 21 is the National Quilting Day

Quiltsy Team on Etsy (where I'm a proud member), is celebrating the National Quilting Day by doing a month of Charity Quilts. There are 31 Quiltsy Team members who have signed up to participate this month. 

Donations Week #4

March 23: Treese Pflum of Quilt Nutz Treese's charity is Coachella Valley Quilt Guild 

Learn more about Treese and her charity here

March 24: Judy Messenger of Fabri Arts  Judy's donation goes to Quilts of Valor - Canada

If you want to know more about Judy and her donation, take a look here. 

March 25: Holly Yingling of Holly's Hutch Holly's charity is Veteran's Administration Hospital in Chillicothe, Ohio

Learn more about Holly and her charity here

March 26: Stephanie Hateley (Australia) of Steph's Quilts Stephanie's donation goes to Elim Kids in China

Learn more about Stephanie and her donation here

March 27: Sally Manke of Sally Manke Sally's charity goes to Elizabeth C. Hosick Dialysis Center in Paul Oliver Hospital

If you want to learn more about Sally and her charity, take a look here.


March 28: Cancelled

March 29: Lynn Dalou of LynnDalou Fibre Work Lynn's charity is Project Linus
You can learn more about Lynn and her charity here. 

March 30: Cathrine Butt of Moran Arts and Quilts Catherine's donation goes to Project Linus
More about Catherine and her donation here.

March 31: Lauren Krueger of Cactus Penguin Lauren's charity is Queen Creek Fire Dept
More about Lauren and her charity here.

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Quiltsy Cares Charity Quilts - March 2015, week 3

...continues from week #1 and week #2

March 21, 2015 is the National Quilting Day.

Quiltsy Team on Etsy (where I'm a proud member) is celebrating the National Quilting Day by doing a month of Charity Quilts. There are 31 Quiltsy Team members who have signed up to participate this month. 

Donations week #3

March 16: Ilse Daehler of I Sew Totes Ilse's charity is Betty Ann Krahnke Centre 

You can learn more about Ilse and her donation here.

March 17: Stephanie Hateley (Australia) of Steph's Quilts Stephanie's donation goes go Newcastle Mater Mental Health Hospital  More to read about Stephanie and her donation here.

March 18:  Lindsay McKinley of Lulu Bell Quilts Lindsay's charity is Charleston Animal Society 
More about Lindsay and her charity here. 

March 19: Christine Vinh of StitchesnQuilts Christine's donation goes to Washington Cancer Institute
More about Christine and her donation here. 

March 20: Jane of Mulberry Patch Quilts Jane's charity is Mikayla's Grace
More about Jane and her charity here.

March 21: Jacqueline Stoner of Jackie's Sewing Studio Jacqueline's donation goes to Wounded Warriors
You can learn more about Jacqueline and her donation here.

March 22: Cheryl and Cindy of Twin Sis Creations  Their charities are Pajama Program and Safe Place
More to learn about Cheryl and Cindy and their charities here.
 

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A UFO finish and some mug rugs

Rain has stopped (at least for some days), days are slightly cooler and these two things mean only one thing: gardening. Our garden was overgrown due to all the rain and we haven't done anything outside for some weeks. No gardening when its wet! :) We've done quite a lot over the last couple of days, which feels good. My muscles are sore, but that is how it should be, isn't it?! :) Not sure I'll manage 3 days in a row...

Sewing and other inside activities have kept me busy. From my previous post I had almost finished the daffodil table topper

It's finished, sold and on its way to Norway. 

This is UFO #8 from the Quilts! Quilts! Quilts! UFO Challenge. Still have some UFO's to work on, but must confess I'm tired of them! :) 

After finishing 3 big quilts lately (left to hem the binding on one), I have made a few mug rugs 

I found these beautiful fabrics while I was looking for something else........... 

It was a fat quarter and I fussy cut those beautiful pansies. Just enough for 3 mug rugs and what was left is cut into squares.

Just enough of the coffee fabric stripe to make this mug rug. :)

My latest craze is trivets. I have made quite some and hope to get the photos done today. 

Quiltsy Cares Charity Quilts - March 2015, week 2

... continues from 'week 1' (my previous post)

March 21, 2015 is the National Quilting Day.

Quiltsy Team on Etsy (where I'm a proud member) is celebrating the National Quilting Day by doing a month of Charity Quilts. There are 31 Quiltsy Team members who have signed up to participate this month. 

Donations week #2

March 9; Victoria Vallieres of Moon Dance Textiles Victoria's charity is The Trinity County animal Shelter More can be read about the donation here. 

March 10: Sue Waldrep of QuiltsbySueWaldrep Sue's donation goes to Oceana County Medical Care Facility, Hart MI More about Sue and her donation here. 

March 11: Jennifer Norman of Forget Me Not Quilteds Jennifer's donation goes to Seattle's New Beginnings

More about Jennifer and her donation here. 

March 12: Barb Neiwert of Mountain Quiltworks Barb's charity is Camp Rainbow Gold 

You can read more about Barb and her donation here. 

March 13: Jennifer Coomer Satterfield of At the Bright Spot Jennifer's charity is Quilts for Kids

More to learn about Jennifer and her charity quilts here. 

March 14: Vivian Perry of Egg Money Quilts Vivian's donation goes to Killingsworth Home 

More about Vivian and her donation here.

March 15: Donna of DJW Quilts Donna's charity is Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center Portland Maine.   
You can learn more about Donna and her donation here. 

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Quiltsy Cares Charity Quilts - March 2015, week 1

March 21, 2015 is the National Quilting Day. 

Quiltsy Team on Etsy (where I'm a proud member) is celebrating the National Quilting Day by doing a month of Charity Quilts. There are 31 Quiltsy Team members who have signed up to participate this month. 

Donations Week #1

March 1; Vivian of Egg Money Quilts Vivian supports Hanna House, a Christ Central Ministry. More to read on the Quiltsy Team Blog

These are the quilts Vivian donated

March 2; Lily Sweeney of The Batty Quilter. Lily supports Quilts of Valor - handmade quilts for veterans.

Read more about Lily and Quilts of Valor here. 

March 3; Pamela Boatright of Pamela Quilts Pamela's charity is The Calliope Joy Foundation and you can read more about Pamela here. 

Here is Pamela's gorgeous cup cake quilt.

March 4; Kathy Gaines of Annie Kate's Quilts Kathy (and her guild) likes to make baby quilts and her donation goes to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN  You can learn more about Kathy here. 

Here is Kathy's beautiful donation

March 5; Sue Simpson of Back Pocket Design Sue has chosen to donate a cute pillow to No More Sidelines 

Learn more about Sue here. 

March 6; Phyllis Pharis of Jambearies Phyllis' donation goes to Project Linus-Home

Learn more about Phyllis here. 

Here's the cute baby quilt Phyllis donated

March 7; Anonymous. This beautiful pinwheel quilt is donated to Project Linus-Home

More about the donation here. 

March 8; Nina of Birdsong Quilts  Nina has donated a patchwork quilt called 'ABC Baby Quilt' to Project Linus-Home. Learn more about Nina here. 

No photo of her donated quilt, but here's a beautiful table runner from her shop

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More UFO finishes and a newbie

HAPPY MARCH!

Can you believe we are already two days into March?! It feels good! Can't wait for cooler days in April! Not that January & February have been that bad, but it feels like 'Summer in March'! The last days have been hot; +31C / 88F and that is more than enough for me when 80-90% humidity is added. 

I have started walking... Well, I have always been walking (hiking), but now I walk 5 km / 3.10 miles every morning Monday to Friday. There's a nice park in walking distance from where we live and there's an outdoor gym too. It feels good to do the walk and some exercise for my arms, shoulders and back without going to an indoor gym. It takes me one hour and I think that is much better than no exercise at all. :)

I've been busy with UFO's! You can see my UFO' s here, here and here. 

I have finally finished two of the quilts

This is UFO #3 - 'Irish Chain'

The other one is

UFO #4 - Scrappy 'Disappearing Pinwheel'.

Love the scrappy look and the fact that I used up lots of bits and pieces.

Progress...

... on UFO #8. I've added 'flying geese' border to all sides. 

Actually it is almost done; I've left to hem the binding and hope to finish it tonight or tomorrow.

I  have a newbie too

Set of 6 pansies coasters

I was looking for something floral and had totally forgotten about this beautiful fabric. 

I still have UFO's to finish, but I must confess I'm tired of them! LOL 

UFO update:

Total UFO's: 22

February Finishes: 4

January Finishes: 4

UFO's left: 14