Held in Roberts, WI and attended by 17 quilters – we met to sew blocks, assemble tops, make backings, and bind quilts.
View all the photos from our day.
I also wanted to remind everyone that in addition to blocks and tops, we accept fabric for backings in one yard or larger pieces (100% cotton please!) Sheree assembled a number of backings yesterday that are a wonderful help to the quilters completing the tops.
We haven’t had a special project in several months so are you ready to make some kid’s blocks and quilts?
For February and March we’ll be making blocks with Lime Green centers. These will utilize our standard HeartStrings guidelines but we’ll substitute LIME for the standard blue and red centers.
You can participate by
Here’s some inspiration to get you started.
By Stephanie
By Darlene
In addition, for those of you without a stash of kid friendly scraps and strings; we are accepting Red/White/Blue blocks for Quilts of Valor for wounded or returning soldiers.
Finally, as always even during our special projects, we accept blocks made according to our guidelines using RED or BLUE centers.
Won’t you join us during February and March and make some HeartString blocks?
Pat’s been using up her batiks and one result is this pretty HeartStrings quilt.
Check out these other HeartStrings quilts from this Project Linus Chapter in Illinois.
Pat has just finished up a couple string quilts. Visit her site to see the other quilt, both will be donated to the Family Connections Center.
To view what other HeartStrings members are working on, take a trip through our blog ring by clicking on next under the HeartStrings Logo.
Just a small group of us today but we had a great time and 7 quilts were tied that will be distributed by Jay here in Nebraska.
From the Oroville CA group and sent this time by Sandra. They’ll be quilted by volunteers and donated.
Day one and we’re having fun and making lots of progress doing a little of everything from making blocks to tying quilts.
So did my last post inspire you to make a String Log Cabin Quilt? If so, here’s a link to an article on log cabin quilts from the Quilt Study organization that gives you both some interesting information about log cabin quilts AND shows you different layouts you can try with your string blocks. My favorite tends to be Straight Furrows.
HeartStrings Quilt Project 