This week I have finished 53 blocks for my Patriotic string quilts. I need 96 blocks to make two quilts. When I was laying the blocks out on the table, I realised that they look more interesting with different red centre strips mixed together instead of keeping them in strict matching sets. So I pulled [...]
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Patriotic blocks update
Posted in Quilts of Valor, tagged patriotic fabrics, Quilting, Red white and blue quilts, Sewing, string quilts on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Patriotic blocks on the Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Quilts of Valor, tagged Design Wall Monday, HeartStrings, No Soldier Forgotten, patriotic fabrics, Quilting, Quilts of Valor, Sewing on July 19, 2010 | 8 Comments »
This week I’ve been sewing Patriotic fabric string blocks. I couldn’t decide whether I liked the Bright Red centres or the Dark Red centres better, so I’m making both. The blocks look a bit wonky right now because they haven’t been trimmed down to their proper size of 9.5 inches yet. Bright Red: Dark Red: [...]
How to make the Harvest Festival Quilt
Posted in Quilts of Valor, tagged Benartex, corn and beans block, Foundation Factory, Harvest Festival quilt, Quilting, Quilts of Valor, scrap quilt, Sewing on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Several people have written to me with kind words and interest in the “Harvest Festival” quilt top that I made and donated to Quilts of Valor-UK, so I thought I would explain the history of that top and provide some links for similar patterns. I actually started this top about seven or eight years ago. [...]
Featherweight Holiday (and Stash Report)
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Sewing machines, tagged Clydebank, Featherweight, Kilbowie Factory, Log Cabin blocks, Quilting, Quilts of Valor, Sewing, Singer 221K, vintage Singer sewing machine on August 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We had a lovely summer holiday visiting my husband’s family near London. I took my Singer 221K (Featherweight) with me to sew in the evenings while the others were watching TV, and I got a good start on a blue and white Log Cabin quilt to donate to Alycia for the Quilts of Valor project. [...]
Quilts of Valor-UK: Delivered!
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Sewing, tagged charity quilts, Quilting and Sewing, Quilts of Valor, Quilts of Valor UK, scrap quilts, Sewing, volunteering on March 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today I met with the coordinator of the Quilts of Valor-UK project and delivered the two quilt tops described in my blog on Sunday. The coordinator, Jean Morris, was very pleased with the quilts, and I felt so happy to help with such an important mission. We had a nice cup of coffee and a [...]
Quilts of Valor donations ready (Stash Report #9)
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Sewing, Stash Reports 2009, tagged HeartStrings, Judy Laquidara, Quilts of Valor, stash busting, stash report on March 1, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I have four Quilts of Valor tops ready for donation on Monday. These two are going to the QOV-UK group. The UK coordinator lives hundreds of miles away in another part of the United Kingdom, but she is going to be in my area tomorrow visiting relatives so we have arranged to meet for coffee [...]
All Change Now (Stash Report #5)
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Sewing, tagged Giddy Dot, Michael Miller, Quilting and Sewing, Quilts of Valor, Sewing, stash report, Unfinished Business on February 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Our older daughter had to move back in with us this week, so we’ve been busy rearranging furniture and setting up a bedroom for her. I didn’t get to sew as much as I had hoped, but I did make 43 blocks for my Quilts of Valor-UK quilt. It won’t take long to finish now. [...]
What I did this week (Stash Report #4)
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Stash Reports 2009, tagged Bonnie Hunter, Happy Blocks, HeartStrings, paper piecing, Quilting and Sewing, Quilts of Valor UK, Quiltville, Scrappy Trips Around the World, Sewing, stash report, Stashbuster on January 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This week I cut up 6.5 yards of fabric and started making blocks for my first Quilts of Valor UK quilt. The pattern is like the HeartStrings group Happy Blocks, but for grown ups. I had 8 fat quarters and three 5-inch charm squares of the novelty prints and 2.5 yards each of the background [...]
Quilts of Valor – UK Group
Posted in Quilts of Valor, Sewing, tagged charity quilting, good works, pillowcases, QOV, quilt tops, Quilting and Sewing, Quilts of Valor UK, Sewing, volunteering on January 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I have found the Quilts of Valor group for the UK, thanks to information from one of the American QOV coordinators, and I have now joined them as a volunteer. I am going to make quilt tops and pillowcases. Contact details for the UK coordinator can be found on the main Quilts of Valor website, [...]
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