HeartStrings Quilt Project

One of the fun things about HeartStrings is working with other quilters. I had the pleasure of quilting and binding these two string tops.

This one pieced by Tish

And this one by Jackie

Both of these will be donated in Maine.

A top pieced by a group in California, quilted by Teresa, a volunteer in PA will be donated along with an earlier quilt to a local domestic violence shelter. The quilt back was also donated but I’m afraid I don’t remember who pieced this particular back.

The generosity of quilters never ceases to amaze me. Tish is a very generous quilter who has, for years, been sending backings and some quilt tops to me to finish and donate for HeartStrings.

In the last 4 years she has donated too many backings to count … Pieced, pressed, and ready to use from beautiful, good quality fabric. I’ve been the main recipient but others have benefited also.

This week she sent 3 boxes … 29 backings total for us to use in Maine and she sent backings earlier in the year too prior to our April sew-in.

Since then I tied a number of quilts using these backs and this week, Brenda took all the trimmings and with some help from Carol, she turned them into a beautiful HeartStrings top which I tied last night. Brenda bound it and it’s now ready for donation. She has more strings from the backing trimmings and there will be more quilts to come.

Brenda making the blocks

Brenda and Carol with the top

And here’s the finished quilt

Thank you Tish for your generosity and hard work!

The Maine sew-in continues and in addition to lots of other progress, these two were completed for our Black and White project.

Keep in mind if you’re sending in a partial set for group quilts the center needs to be red and then black and white fabrics should finish the block – all the information is at this previous post.

I’m loving all the black and white HeartStrings quilts that are being completed for our current project but I have a new favorite pieced by Ann today at the Maine sew-in.

She used a planned layout and 2.5 inch strips rather than ones of various widths. Here’s her block

And here’s her top

To see more photos from the sew-in click here

We’re already up and sewing in Maine! We’ll be here all week working on HeartStrings quilts and other donation quilts.

Bunny shared one of her HeartStrings quilts with me and wrote:

I made several ‘heartstrings’ quilts for the Quilters Dream ‘’’Hopes and Dreams Challenge for ALS’’ this year. Hubby Joe won the category for long-arm submissions. They are featuring one of the HS quilts on the website right now. I got a little crazy, so you may have a hard time recognizing it. The lighter cat fabric is the middle strip.

I love that HeartStrings quilts show up in support of so many causes!

I’ve added more photos to an online album – click the link to see them. Thanks to Kathy for hosting the sew-in again. We’re all looking forward to the next one.

We’re spending the day in Roberts, WI working on HeartStrings quilts.

Project will run from September 1st through October 31st (You can get an early start if you’d like)

Cindy’s quilt is the inspiration for this project although we’ll substitute RED centers for the blocks sent in for group quilts. The rest of the strips and strings should be black and white fabrics.

If you do a full set of 48 blocks you can choose whatever color center you want.

As always blocks should be constructed according to our usual guidelines just substituting the above color scheme.

https://heartstringsquiltproject.com/block-guidelines/

You can make any number of blocks to send in to Sue or Stephanie for group quilts, piece a top and send it in for quilting or donating, or make the quilt from start to finish and donate it locally.

There is a database set up for you to list the blocks, tops, and quilts that you complete during the challenge … And there will be prizes. If you’re participating and are not a member of our Yahoo group, email me how many blocks you made and whether you’re completing the quilt yourself or sending them in and I’ll add your name to the prize database

For this project, Vicki Welch is providing one of our prizes. Please click on the links below to see (and purchase if you’d like) her beautiful hand dyed fabrics.

2 Stash Packs (10 fat eighths each) plus a 2.5 yard pack of Mistyfuse.

Shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/vickiwelsh
Blog http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/
Newsletter http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_trips_in_fiber/newsletter.html
Mistyfuse http://mistyfuse.com/

I’ve already started my blocks — since I’m making the entire quilt myself, I’m adding a little modification and using my focus fabric for one corner in each block. If you’re making blocks to send in, please use the RED centers and guidelines as outlined above.