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Christmas in July

Yippiee! I did it!

I made a holiday quilt in July!! Now, my goal is to get it get it finished by Christmas.  Here it is the top is done! I’m going to embellish the white snowballs with embroidery and beading.

The pattern is Charlotte from Me & My Sister and the fabric I used was “Smores“. You can purchase kits here: Charlotte.  This pattern was easy to do and the top took me about 5 hours to make from cutting to assembling!

This pattern is charm pack friendly so try one of the other collections! Instead of white use a color.

 

 

Posted by granny on Jul 17th 2008 | Filed in Holiday Quilts & Projects | Comments (0)

Flood In Cedar Rapids

Kaye England of Kaye England Publications,  sent out a call for help for other not-so-fortunate quilters who lost everything in the flood:

QUILTERS HELPING VICTIMS:  We are keeping all the flood victims in our thoughts and our good friend Jill Reicks at Pine Needles Sewing Center in Cedar Rapids Iowa has agreed to be a clearing house for donations to assist those that lost everything.  We ask you to look about your sewing space - what do you have too much of, too many of, or just things you don’t use?Consider those that lost everything and we would ask you to send anything you are willing to part with to Jill.  She and her staff will make sure that all of these items fall in the hands of those that need them most.
 
After this event, I looked about my sewing room and wondered what I would do if everything in it was lost.  I would hope my first thought would be that all people were safe, but I would be very sad to loose all of my goodies.  It is a good chance for us to “play it ahead” and share with those that have lost everything. If you have anything you wish to share, books, threads, needles, patterns, notions or????
 
Then send to:
Jill Reicks
Pine Needles Sewing Center
1000 Old Marion Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Thank you

Posted by granny on Jul 16th 2008 | Filed in Uncategorized | Comments (0)