H2H Challenge Begins

Hands 2 Help Charity Quilt Challenge 2013 is ready to start.

"What does love look like?

It has the hands to help others.

It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy.

It has eyes to see misery and want.

It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men.

That is what love looks like."

You can sign up at Sarah's Confession of a Fabric Addict.  There are two wonderful charities that you can send a quilt. 


The weather sure doesn't feel like spring in Ohio.  We had snow over night and no school today.  I guess that makes it time to stay inside and quilt.  Here is some of the quilts I have been working on.

This finished prayer  quilt when to a man who is waiting on a kidney transplant.

This quilt will be a secretary gift.  I am working on quilting it.

This quilt will be a graduation gift for a young girl.  It still needs the borders before it can be quilted.

I will be looking for fabric to make my H2H Happy Chemo Quilt.  I hope you will join H2H.

Happy Sewing,
Karen

Snow Day

  What will I do?  Maybe clean house, laundry, work on taxes or quilt.  Let's see.  I have three loads of laundry done.   Dishes done.   I think it is time to quilt or at least take a break.

Should I sew these blocks together

or stitch the binding down on this quilt.

I think I will take a break and enjoy this coffee cake.

Enjoy your day.

Karen

Whoop Whoop Saturday!

I finished this prayer quilt for a woman who had eye surgery.  Quilt has been delivered.

I need to finish 28 more D4P blocks

Have you seen Quilts By Darlene mystery quilt?  Darlene has posted clue #2 but I don't think it will take me long to catch up.  I hope to get started today.  What are you plans for the day?

Happy sewing.

Karen

Check In Sunday

It seems forever since I have posted but I have been sewing.  I have been making bags for Beads of Courage.  They are celebrating 10 years.  What an awesome program for children with cancer.

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The blue and white polka dot is a baby quilt for friends who are expecting their first grandchild.  The other two are quilts for the hospital gift shop.

Baby quilt for co-worker

I had enough fabric left from this baby quilt I am making a prayer quilt.  I hope to have it completed this week.

This disappearing 4-patch block is my current project.  I have a very good friend who is going to be 60.  I am making her 60 disappearing 4-patch blocks and giving them to her one a day for 60 days prior to her birthday.  This project is keeping me busy.

I think this catches up on what I have been doing.  I think I will go over to Confessions of a Fabric Addict and see what everyone else has been doing.

Hope everyone is sewing today.

Karen

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Sunday Check In

I have been busy finishing these projects.  A prayer quilt for a classmate's wife who is going through cancer treatments.  Diane loved this quilt.

There are lots of ties on the quilt for many many more prayers for her.

 14 bags for Beads of Courage

My friend made 15 bags and her daughter took them with her to Cincinnati Children's Hospital.  Her daughter works at Cincinnati Children's Hospital so our 29 bags have been delivered.

Baby Quilt for Coworker

This quilt will be given to her tomorrow.

My heart and prayers go out to the community of Newtown, Conn.

Karen

Back to Sewing

A couple of weeks ago my daughter got married.  She was a beautiful bride and it was a perfect day.  

For November in Ohio the weather was gorgeous.  It was sunny and in the 50's.

This is a picture of my daughter, Tonya, and her friend Amanda.  Amanda's mother is having cancer surgery on Tuesday.  I got busy sewing and made Amanda's mother this prayer quilt.  I mailed it to her on Friday and she received the quilt on Saturday.  I think Sudoku Quilts are always very pretty.

Even Sherry likes the quilt.

I finally found the words I have been looking for to make my prayer quilts extra special and meaningful.  I found a prayer shawl on Pinterest and Louis Chiquette had a wonderful description of the meaning of the prayer shawl.  Louis was kind enough to let me use this meaning to work for my prayer quilts.

I went Black Friday shopping to Good Wives Co. Quilt Shop.   I purchased these two pieces of fabric.  I love this kind of Black Friday shopping.

I need to go back to sewing on another prayer quilt.

I hope you have a sewing week.

Karen

Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin

Back in March I signed up for a Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin over at Michele's Quilts From My Crayon Box.   Here is the block I made for the round robin.

My block started it's journey by traveling to England to visit Diane.  The next 7 months I didn't know where was my block.  A few weeks ago the block arrived home and oh how it had changed.

I spent a few days admiring the block and I decided it only needed quilted and binding.

Here is my finished block.

  As you can see it is a beautiful addition to my table.

Thank you ladies for making this round robin fun and for the treasured table runner that now graces my table.

Below is a list of all the Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin quilts.  Check out thei quilts.

Melinda - Tilda's Twisted Life
Deonn - Quiltscapes
Kylie - My Addiction to Quilting
Wendy - Why-Not-Kwilt
Bea - Beaquilter
Jane - Jane's Fabrics, though her reveal will be posted on Michele's blog
Pippa - Pippa's Patch
Madame Samm - Sew We Quilt (hasn't received her quilt back home yet, hopefully in Monday's mail)
Annie - Annie's Musings
Diane - The Cheshire Quilter
Vicki - Sew On and Sew Forth
Lisa M- A Day In The Life of Raising Six Munchkins
Renae - revealing here on Michele's blog
Kathy -Kathy's Quilting Blog
Charlotte - revealing here on Michele's blog 
Celine - Espritpatch
Lisa C-revealing here on Michele's blog
Edy - revealing here on Michele's blog
Ella - Throw a Wrench in the Works
Rachel - Suz Made Me Do It
Samantha - Sami's Quilts & Crafts

Karen - K's Quilting Korner

Leslie - Les Quilts
Ann - Orange Crumpled Napkin
Sharon - Dancing Through Threads
Doris - Made By a Brunette
Margaret - hasn't received her block back yet, will be posted on my blog when it arrives
Tiffany - Pink Sweet Treats
Janet - Caribou Crossing Chronicles
Michele - Quilts From My Crayon Box

Thanks Michele I had a great time with this mystery round robin.  I will be looking forward to another mystery round robin in 2013.

Happy Sewing.

Karen