We’ve been busy!
Look at all the cute little quilts Ann made. She sent them to Nancy who has already paired them up with critters ready for donation.
I finished a couple little ones.
And Jeannie sent in these two cute little quilts.
If you’d like to participate in the Little Quilt Project please see the previous post at this link.
Our group is working on a Little Quilts project in February and March. Making small quilts and wrapping dolls and stuffed animals in them to donate to children in need.
Some of us got an early start. Nancy is using orphan blocks as the base for many of her quilts.
I tend to use leftover fabric after making a larger donation quilt for mine.
Pair them up with a cute little stuffed animal like this monkey and who wouldn’t want to cuddle up with them?!
If you’re interested in participating we’re asking that the little quilts be about 22 – 24 inches but not more than 30 inches. Many of mine are rectangular so something like 22 or 24 x 26 or 28 would work.
My Mom makes hers 24 inches square starting with a square of novelty fabric and then adding borders.
We will accept tops and quilt and bind them, or finished quilts. You can email me for more details or for an address to mail the little quilts at mmcjohnson@gmail.com
We will provide the stuffed animals.
Stephanie has inspired me to pull out a bin with leftover strips from Jelly Rolls and make a scrappy 16 patch.
She did her blocks as leaders and enders while working on other projects. Doesn’t it look great??
I’m going to pair my leftover strips with various grays.
The Maine sew-in is underway and Bev has been at it again … look at these two Rail Fence tops.
Green strips
Blue strips
Bev has used strips of the same width but you can also make these Rail Fence quilts from leftover strips and strings.
Look at this great layout Carolyn came up with for our Rainbow HeartStrings blocks!
Please note that effective immediately, we are requesting that you do not send blocks or tops to Sue Frank if you have done so in the past. She is currently not able to accept them.
In addition, we have some changes to our guidelines for group quilts.
In the past, we accepted any number of blocks with red or blue centers….as of now, we will only accept complete sets of blocks – that means 24 or 48 blocks that work together and can be assembled into a single quilt, or completed HeartStrings tops ready for quilting and donating. And you can use any color centers for your set of blocks that you’d like.
If you have a complete set of HeartStrings blocks or a HeartStrings top that you’ll like to send in please contact Contact Mary Johnson via email at mmcjohnson@gmail.com
Of course, many of us make our quilts from start to finish and donate locally and that does not change.
Ann has been busy sewing up her strips and strings! Here are just a few of her recent finishes that she’s shared with us. Click on a photo to enlarge.
We’ve been making Rainbow HeartStrings quilts for years …
Now Bev is inspiring us with her take on our rainbow blocks! I can’t wait to get home and try one myself. In the previous post you saw her Blue and Yellow quilt tops… now she’s finished a Red top! Aren’t these great?!
It’s that time of year again and a group of us have gathered in Maine to work on quilts for donation. Here are some of the string quilts we’re working on. Click on any photo to view.
We’ve been busy sewing this summer.
Kathleen sashes a lot of her string quilts and they always look great!
That’s a fun back that Stephanie used on her quilt!
And I’ve been busy finishing up group quilts!
HeartStrings Quilt Project 