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Nancy and her group have been busy … Here they are working on a HeartStrings quilt at their latest get together. Click here to see more photos.

Today is the last day of our Memorial weekend sew along – are you participating? Cathy made a set of 48 blocks and has already finished hers … assembled and quilted … But you can even make a few blocks and sent them in for group quilts or get a set of 48 blocks started and send them in to be finished when you’re done. Use the block guidelines (link on the right) and substitute a brown for the center strip.

Visit Cathy’s blog to see more photos.

Remember, reflect, and honor those that have given their life in service to their country

Starting Friday we’ll be hosting a virtual sew along during the Memorial Day weekend. Our primary project will be using brown centers to make HeartStrings blocks for quilts for veterans and wounded soldiers but you can also choose to make RWB blocks or pillowcases to present the quilts.

Please see the previous post for details.

May 24 through the 27th we will be doing a sew along. Using brown centers, we’ll make blocks and tops for quilts for guys ( wounded soldiers and veterans as well as other guys who could use a comfort quilt)

Stephanie is always ahead of the crowd and just posted two quilts using browns.

This one doesn’t have brown centers but I love the browns she did use in it.

Blocks that are sent in for group quilts should use the guidelines and substitute brown for the red or blue centers.

HeartStrings Block Guidelines

If you’re completing a full set of 48 blocks or completing the top, you could chose blues or greens or any other “guy” color you’d like.
You could also send in RWB blocks — see those guidelines here.

And a third option to sew along with us would be to make pillowcases to send to Alycia for presenting Quilts of Valor. They don’t need to be Red/white/blue but I’d focus on manly!

Pillowcase instructions.

Won’t you join in and sew along with us?!

The Maine sew-in is over and as usual very successful. We ended up with a stack of finished quilts and pillowcases and many others are in process. We’ll meet again in September and finish up even more.

Bev, who coordinates the sew-in every year worked on pillowcases for Operation Military Kids to be donated through the Legion Auxiliary. She completed this stack and prepped another larger stack for sewing.

You can see more photos from the sew-in at the link below.

April 2013 Maine Sew-in photo album

We started working today and will continue though the weekend. Shannon Fabrics donated two large bolts of their minky Cuddle fabric and I can’t tell you how soft, warm, and cozy the HeartStrings quilts we’re backing with it are turning out!

Brenda pulled tops to coordinate, Rebecca bound

I tied …

The first one completed, more to follow!

Kathy and Rhonda hosted another successful sew-in.

20 participants
Blocks were made
Tops were pieced
Finished quilts were distributed to Kathy and Teresa for donation.
Finished tops were distributed to various longarm quilters for finishing.
Birthdays were celebrated!

Marsha traveled the farthest … all the way from California. The rest of us were from WI and MN.

See all the photos from today.

April 13, 2013 in Roberts, WI
The week of April 22nd in Yarmouth, ME

Contact us to request more information if you are interested in attending and watch the blog for photos.

It looks like I’m not the only one working with green in anticipation of spring. Cher’s HeartStrings quilt is also very spring-like.

I love the yellow in this one.