Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge Week #7 - With Our Next Guest Blogger, Kathleen!

 

Hi, all!

Welcome to week seven of this year's Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge, and the beginning of the second half of the Challenge!  That's right, we're halfway through! It's hard to believe the time has gone by so quickly.  I hope you are all enjoying the great guest bloggers we've already had, and prepared for even more to come!

Today we are welcoming Kathleen of Kathleen McMusing.  Kathleen always has something interesting going on, like her Fab Farm SAL that is happening right now, or her Tips and Tutorials on the 22nd, which is a monthly link party to share quilting tips and tutorials.  I just love the title of that one!  Today she has something really special for us - not just a cute quilt, but a quick dinner idea - something that should really come in handy for those super-creative days when you don't want to stop!  So take a minute and head over to her blog and check it out.  You can get there by clicking on the blog title at the beginning of this paragraph.

Bree says howdy, y'all!

And make plans now to come back next Sunday for our next check-in, another giveaway, and another great guest blogger!

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? Life is Good!

 

Hi, all!

It's hard to believe, but another week has come and gone and Friday has rolled around again!  And we all know what that means - it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on!  Are you ready?  Then let's go!

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I've had a good time this week, with several projects coming to fruition...

My first peony bloom of the season...

...and the planter and pots are all done!

I delivered this finished customer quilt - I don't want to show the front because it will be a gift, but the texture on the back is amazing, isn't it?

I put the binding on four quilts, and finished a quilt top and back for a baby quilt (with the shower coming up in a week!)

Deb S. sent progress shots of the three baby quilts she's made for Hands2Help (*so far!).  She says these are going to go to Little Lambs Foundation of Utah.  I know they'll love them!

And very best of all, our church quilting group finished up and delivered fifty-one quilts to the teachers and support staff at our local elementary school.  Here you can see part of the quilting group and the huge stacks of quilts we finished for them!! These ladies are the best, folks - this was a huge project and they worked so hard to get it done by the end of the school year.

So, as Bree will attest, life is good when everything is where it should be!  In her case, that means when Mom is sitting in her chair so she (Bree) can sleep properly cushioned, propped up and snuggled in.

So - - - can I 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

Make-A-List Monday - Oops!

 

Hi, all!

Well shut my mouth if I didn't JUST discover that I failed to write a post last Monday!  My husband reminded me that we were attending the grand opening of his company's new work space, so I had a valid reason, but I can't believe I didn't remember and write one on Tuesday!  Oh well - looks like I got a little while longer to work on that to-do list!  Let's see how it went...

1.  Finish up the cleaned out planter (while the sunshine is with us)!

It's done!  I added a sweet little Japanese maple tree, some butterfly bush starts, and some day lilies that a neighbor was clearing out of her yard (lucky me!)  Now if the weather will just warm up and stay warm - I had to cover up the plants last night, as we had a frost warning!

2.  Quilt the customer quilt.

Done!  I'll be delivering it this Wednesday, and I'll see if I can share any other pictures on here.

3.  Quilt ministry quilts.

In the last two weeks, I quilted several (we'll let this one stand in for all the ones I forgot to photograph!)...

...and I put borders on several small quilt tops, like these two!

4.  Keep working on the fabric re-organization.

I've been slowly plugging away at this, trying to clear off the stack of "weird" folded fabrics that I had stashed - that had large chunks cut out, or were leftover from the end of a quilt back, etc. 

And I've also started on a baby quilt for a friend...

I think this is going to turn out nicely - I've fussy cut some of the motifs from the large-print Far Far Away II fat quarters, and chopped the rest up into 2.5" squares.  I also threw in some vintage linen in two different shades of natural.  I'll be sewing this together this week!

And here's what I'll be working on this week....

1.  Assemble the baby quilt.

2.  Mail out giveaway goodies from Sunday's giveaway!

3.  Pull weeds in the front flower beds.

4.  Work on a design for another baby quilt.

5.  Keep working on the fabric organization.

I feel like I should have something else on that list, but I can't think what right at the moment.  No worries - if I remember, I'll just do it and tell you about it next week!

And how about the cutest picture of the week?

The other day, while I was busy sewing, Bree decided the very. best. place. for her was directly under my sewing table, between my feet.  She's a silly mess, but she's definitely getting good at giving me time to sew.  Hallelujah!

And now, I really need to know - - - what are YOU working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah