Michele inspires us with a new string/crumb quilt as she shares how string quilting and helping others fit into her crazy, busy life. Read more about it on her blog.
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Labor Day Weekend sew-in
Have you always wanted to join a HeartStrings sew-in but lived too far away? Join us this weekend for a virtual sew-in to launch our Diamond Strings project which will continue through October 31st.
You can make blocks to send in, you can piece an entire top, or make the quilt from start to finish yourself. Guidelines can be found here:
Sew-in at Roberts, WI
Our 3rd Annual sew-in held at Roberts, WI was a success with 14 quilters attending. We worked on past and current projects as well as making HeartStrings blocks.
The largest group worked on assembling Happy Blocks from a project earlier this year. Although we’re no longer accepting Happy Blocks for group quilts, you can find instructions to make your own here – Happy Block Instructions.
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Kathy and Rhonda worked on Diamond Strings for our current project. Diamond String Instructions
I worked on a Chinese Coins quilt with coins leftover from our first project (yes, I’m still working on those coins!) Easy Chinese Coins instructions.
You can see all the photos in our Picasa Album.
HeartStrings Sew-in
Don’t forget that there’s an upcoming sew-in on Saturday, August 22nd in Robert’s, WI. If you can’t join us in person think about joining us at home and working on either Diamond String blocks for our newest project or our standard HeartStrings blocks.
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Happy Blocks
Do you remember the Happy Block project we started back in January and February? Well we’re still making and finishing quilts in fact I put the last stitch in the binding of one tonight and I was excited to read the email from Sue about her group. She wrote:
When I saw this site with the happy block quilts, I linked it to the leader of our Sarasota KIDZ Quilts group and we have been making dozens of them for 2 months now!! We donate all of them to the NICU of the Sarasota hospital…and they are so appreciated.
She sent along some photos and I chose a few to share here.
Northwest Sew-in photos
I’m late getting these photos posted from the last HeartStrings Sew-in which was held on the 26th of June in the Seattle area. Doesn’t it look like fun? The next one will be held in Roberts, WI so plan to join us!
More donations
Nine HeartStrings tops arrived today from Sue and her Oroville/Chico California group which has been meeting once a month since January. They’ll be quilted and donated by me and other HeartStrings volunteers in the coming months.
I’m constantly amazed at the generosity of quilters who have participated in HeartStrings over the last 2 and a half years and I love the grassroots effect of the project with quilters working on their own within their communities and groups to make these quilts for those in need.
An upcoming sew-in —- Roberts, WI
The Roberts Sew-in is August 22, a Saturday, from 8:30 until about 3 (we stop a little early so we can visit a local quilt shop on the way home!)
We’ll do the usual potluck lunch. Bring your sewing equipment and we’ll make blocks and quilts and have a great time. There is a database set-up on our Yahoo list so we can see what others are bringing for food and sewing equipment – you don’t need to belong to that group to attend — just email Kathy to let her know what you’ll be bringing and for directions.
We’ll be at the Warren Town Hall just outside the village of Roberts.
Mark your calendars and come to the wonderful Wisconsin countryside to see some HeartStrings friends and have a great sewing day.
Email Kathy (kwmiller@pressenter.com) privately for directions. It’s easy to find.
A soldier quilt by JoAnne
Here’s a gorgeous QAYG HeartStrings quilt made by JoAnne.
To learn how to make one of your own, take a look at Jan Mac’s tutorials.
