A friend shared this video with us. It reminds me to put my priorities in perspective and to remember what is truly important. I hope you enjoy the video.
http://www.lshs64.com/enjoytheride.html
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Autumn Strings Quilt
My Autumn Strings quilt is finally finished. This project began way back on August 01, 2011. It's purpose was to clear out some of the pieces in my scrap bins. I decided on warm colors of autumn and started trimming strings and tossing them into the project string box. When the box was full, I started the 36 string blocks. The posts for this project began here:
http://scrapboxquilts.blogspot.com/2011/08/string-quilt-2.html When those blocks were finished, they were neatly trimmed to size and put back in the string box. This seemed like a good stopping point.
Well, it seems my scrap bins are overstuffed again. What to do? I guess I'll have to sew more string blocks to get those bins under control. So before I could do that, I had to quilt up the batch that was started last summer. This should have been a quick undertaking. Ha! I have been working on it for the past 2 weeks. However, I now have a photo to share. YAY!
Now I can plan my next string orchestra with a clear conscience! Are you encouraged to make some string blocks? Thanks for visiting!
http://scrapboxquilts.blogspot.com/2011/08/string-quilt-2.html When those blocks were finished, they were neatly trimmed to size and put back in the string box. This seemed like a good stopping point.
Well, it seems my scrap bins are overstuffed again. What to do? I guess I'll have to sew more string blocks to get those bins under control. So before I could do that, I had to quilt up the batch that was started last summer. This should have been a quick undertaking. Ha! I have been working on it for the past 2 weeks. However, I now have a photo to share. YAY!
and here is the back
Now I can plan my next string orchestra with a clear conscience! Are you encouraged to make some string blocks? Thanks for visiting!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Back-to-School Bags
Our UMW Lydia's Circle group has taken on a missions project to provide school bags to students - some bags are going to the tornado-torn communities in America and some are going to other countries. I have been cutting and sewing on these bags. Our group has completed more than 100 bags! These ladies are not all sewers. I used my quilting tools to cut up all the kits for the bags and passed off 30 kits to the ladies to sew. I finished the rest of the bags.
This is the most basic of a pattern and was a pleasure to sew up. The bags were all made from donated fabrics of cordoroy, home dec and denim. Jane Hewson found the most charming denim and made up the bags on top.
This is the "one handle school bag". The free projects are available for download here:
I love the opportunity to serve humanity in these small ways. Now back to my irregularly scheduled projects. LOL
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