Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge Week #6 - Meet Our Next Guest Blogger, Bonnie!

 

Hi, all!

Wow!  You guys are blowing me away with your progress reports from last week - it's thanks to generous quilters like you that this Challenge is such a great success every year.  And I love seeing that you are finding local places to donate, also!  It's amazing to know that your     quilts are helping others, isn't it?  

This week we have another great guest blogger - Bonnie from Institches With Bonnie.  Bonnie always has something fun going on in her studio, like this beautiful scrap quilt....

I'm looking forward to reading her post about her ideas for charity quilting, aren't you?  You can get to her post by clicking on the name of her blog at the beginning of this paragraph.

And now I'm sure you are all excited to hear who won the Your Nest Organizers we shared last week, so without further ado, here's the list...

Elizabeth K.

Teri L.

Karen C.

Vicki S.

Ann D.

Condy B.

Kathleen McC.

Sue T.

Erin D.

Mary Ann G.

Kat P.

Judy B.

Pat P.

Sandra W.

Congratulations to all the winners!  I'll be prepping these to mail out this week - if your address has changed since you signed up for the Challenge, please email me directly at salliesue57 (at) gmail (dot) com and give me your new snail mail so I can get your goodies to you!

Keep up all the good work with your beautiful quilts - isn't it wonderful to know that there are people out there who need them, and will love them as they deserve?

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? A Little Help From (And For) My Friends!

 

Hi, all!

Wow!  Another week has passed by, and Friday is once more upon us! I hope you all are ready to get your whoop whoop on - let's get started!

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I don't have a whole lot (in pictures) to show for this week, although I'm whooping over several things - we have finished all the quilts needed for our two big quilt projects, and I have finished cleaning out and planting in my little back garden!  I've also got a quilt loaded on the frame and ready to quilt tomorrow, which took me giving procrastination a kick in the seat of the pants.  And I made homemade Spanish rice tonight fore the first time ever - it was awesome!

But just because I don't have any pictures of my own whoops doesn't mean I don't have anything to share today - I've received pictures from several Hands2Help participants this week who don't have blogs, and I promised to share them!

First up is Erin D., who made this wonderfully scrappy quilt and gave it to her mail carrier in thanks for all her hard work and commitment...

Next up is Ila M., with whom I have two interesting connections:  we share a birthday, and she is the only other person I know, other than my grandmother, with the name Ila!  She made this adorable quilt...

...made even more adorable by the use of this fabulous quilting design!  I've never seen anything like this, but I love it!

And last up, we have these two pretty quilts made by Linda M.  I love the way changing the direction of the blocks give the second quilt a whole different feel!

So - - - can all these wonderful H2Hers get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share! We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah

Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge Week #5 - Another Guest Blogger, Time to Check In, and A Giveaway!

 

Hi, all!

Five weeks in!  Can you believe it?  Seems like we just started this year's Challenge, but things are rolling right along.  We've got several things going on this week, but let's start with the most important one first. 

Today we are welcoming another guest blogger - Nann from With Strings Attached!  Spend just a few minutes on her blog and you'll realize she's a prolific quilter - but she's also a librarian.  Librarians have a special place in my heart, especially these days.  Some of my best times as a child were spent in a library, and many wonderful times at story hour with my grandkids since then.  Nowadays I use the library digitally more often than not, but I appreciate the work that librarians do even more nowadays.  So hop over to her blog and check out her post for today (and take a look around, you'll see what I mean about prolific!) and then come back for the other important things!  You can find her post by clicking the name of her blog at the top of this paragraph.  And guess what - - - Nann has a giveaway too!

Now for the second important item!  Today is our first check-in date, which gives you a chance to show off your progress, even if it's only a picture of your fabrics, or your pattern/design!  You can link up below to a blogpost or Instagram photo, whatever your heart desires.  If you aren't able to do that, leave a comment below letting us know how it's going.  We all want to cheer each other on!

And now for the third item - let's have a giveaway!  The wonderful folks at Your Nest Organizer sent me fourteen of these awesome organizers to give away!

Look at how much that holds!  All those little things that get pushed around on your workstation, now all corralled in one location.  Imagine how easy it will be to find them now....

And it comes in lots of gorgeous colors, too, each one named for a different bird.  (Birds have nests, yes?) You can see more about these great organizers on the company website or on their Instagram page, @yournestorganizer.

And just how do you enter the giveaway?  I'll be choosing fourteen winners from the people who have signed up to participate in the Challenge.  You also get your name in the hat an additional time when you link up your progress or leave a comment on this post or Nann's post.  (When you leave a comment, please add your first name and last initial at the end of your comment so we can definitely identify you!) 

I'll leave the giveaway entries open until midnight on Friday, April 21st, and announce the winners next Sunday, April 23rd.  

Now link up and show us your progress!

Hugs!

Sarah

PS - If you still haven't signed up, and want to, click here to go to the sign-up post!