What's Cookin' At The Sweatshop - Another Busy Week!

Hi, all!

Another week, another big pile of quilts!  It's been busy, but hopefully this catches us up for a bit, so I can work on quilting the summer camp quilts that will be going to New Orleans!  Let's see what we did this week....

The front...

...and the back!

This very bright and patriotic quilt, pieced by Emilie, will be going to a young Marine who is suffering from PTSD.  

This pretty postage stamp quilt, also pieced by Emilie, will be going to a young woman dealing with cancer and Crohn's disease.  Notice the little flowers in the detail picture?  They cover up a "booboo" in the border.  Don't you just love applique? 

This soft print quilt (made by me! surprise surprise!) will be going to a young woman who is going through a difficult time right now. We seem to be branching out into encouragement quilts a bit - it's a nice addition to the types of quilts we make!

This sunny, cheerful quilt will be brightening the day of another woman dealing with cancer.  

And this bright and colorful quilt is going to a lady batting cancer.  Katy, one of our ministry members, met her husband in an airport while waiting for a plane, and felt led to send her a quilt.  Isn't it neat when an opportunity to help someone comes along?

This last quilt, made by Cindy, has a very special story.  Originally intended for a friend who was in the last stages of cancer, it instead was given to the friend's daughter.  You can read the whole story here on the Quilts Are For Giving blog - it's definitely worth hopping over and checking out.

So that's what we've been working on this week.  Next week, we've got to buckle down and get those summer camp quilts finished for the New Orleans trip - that should keep us busy!  Lots of quilting and binding to come.....  I can't wait to see all the quilts for New Orleans in one place - it's going to be an impressive pile of love and comfort!!

Thanks to all the people who participated in making and delivering the quilts above - from the donors to the people who put them together to those who take them to the recipients, each of you are important to the final outcome and very much appreciated!!

Hugs!

Sarah

Make-A-List Monday - It's A Tough Job, But Someone's Got To Do It!

Hi, all!


Well, it's Monday and I need to own up to how I did on last week's list....

1.  Quilt and finish the brights quilt that's on the frame.

Done!

2.  Make a back for the 1600 quilt, then quilt and bind it.

Done!

3.  Finish the binding on two quilts.

Done!

4.  Go to church and pull six more quilts for the remainder of the requests.

5.  Quilt as many of them as possible before Friday!

6.  Dole them out for binding to other ministry members.

Done!

7.  Cut the pieces for my "vacation" quilt!

(If you missed it last year, I took a sewing machine with me

on vacation and made a quilt top for me while I was gone.

Now it's a tradition!)

Done!

So now, this week, I have a very short and manageable list...

1.  Work on my vacation quilt.

2.  Enjoy some sun, beach, breeze, good food, and my DH!

So now the question is..... what are you working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah

PS- Be sure to stop over at Quilts Are For Giving this week and link up your charity quilts - there's a linky party that starts on Tuesday and runs all week!  


Oh - I almost forgot - there's still time to get in on my 700 followers giveaway - check out this post for the details!!  There's some great Cameo fat quarters up for grabs!!

What's Cookin' At The Sweatshop? Teaching the Young ones!

Hi, all!

We've had a very busy week at the sweatshop!  Only a couple of quilts have gone out, but there's a reason for that....  Here are the two quilts we've finished this week.

Both of these beautiful tops were donated to us by Verda, a new friend I met through Brita, who brought a group of her friends on a FART (Fabric Acquisition Road Trip) to my neck of the woods.  The top quilt is going to a woman in Canada with leukemia, and the bottom quilt is going to a woman here locally who is dealing with a rare blood disorder; she is undergoing chemotherapy to help her with the symptoms of her disease.  

(Just a side note - my husband has pointed out that with the quilt that is going to Canada, our ministry has now gone completely international - we've received donations from other countries, but this is the first time that we've sent a quilt internationally, I think!)

And here are some pictures that show the reason for our low output this week...

Summer Camp begins!!

Working on her quilt

Learning how to pin properly...

First time using a sewing machine!

Plus there's been a good bit of this going on...

The little princess holding court....

....which someone finds to be totally exhausting!!

This quilting business is hard work!

But we can't forget about the first little princess....

Isn't she growing up fast?

So that's what we've been working on here at The Sweatshop! I'll have pictures of the thirteen completed quilt tops from camp next week - be sure to check back!  The girls have worked so hard and done a great job on their quilt tops!

Oh - and don't forget, there's still time to enter in the giveway!!  Go to this post for the details - winner will be announced on Friday!  (And by the way, I'm trying to get to 700 followers - only five more to go - and then another giveaway!!)

Hugs!

Sarah

PS I'll be linking up with Quilting For Good Tuesdays over at Quilts Are For Giving!!  Come over and join in the fun!!

What's Cookin' At The Sweatshop? Getting Ready For Camp...

Hi, all!


I hope you're all having a happy and safe Fourth of July!!  It's been quiet around here for the past week or so - not too many quilts were requested, which worked out well, as we needed to get ready for summer camp next week!  

From last year's summer camp...

Sixteen little girls will be learning how to make quilt tops - it's always an exciting time!  So much fun to teach the next generation of quilters....  Wish us luck!  I'll have pictures to post next week...


I finish a couple of quilts this week for some recent requests...

This beautiful red quilt was pieced by Pam S., and will be going to a woman with breast cancer...

... and this 1600 quilt, pieced by a ministry member, will be going to a man who was just diagnosed with colon cancer.


I've got one quilt on the frame, and a pile of five more ready to finish.  Some of those will go to ministry needs, and some will be going to Julie, who blogs at Having Fun Quilting, for Operation Wood Hollow.  I just peeked over at her blog, and she's already received 70 quilts!!  That is so awesome!  But there are so many more needed, so if you've got some to send, get in touch with her!

Also, if you haven't already heard about it, there's a new linky party in town over at Quilts Are For Giving - called Quilting For Good Tuesday!  A great place to link up your blog posts or photos of quilts you've made and donated.  But you can also link up about anything charity quilting related - the rules are pretty flexible!  So come on over and join the party.  The linky party will stay open all week, from Tuesday morning until Monday night, then start all over again!  So there's always a place to link up your charity efforts!


Hugs!


Sarah