A couple more finishes for World of Charity Stitching. I stitched the horse silhouette recently and made it into a draw-string bag to give to a young boy for Christmas. Our group donates totes, bags, backpacks, and quilts to the Favor House (a domestic violence shelter) and to the Ronald McDonald House in Pensacola, FL.
The cupcake square will be part of a quilt of cupcakes (made by other members of my group) and will be donated to the Century Care Center, in Century, FL.
I try to enter as many contests as I have time and wanted to share with you my most recent winnings. Cotton Blossom Farm was the sponsor of a recent contest and I won 10 fat quarters of beautiful children's fabrics. I plan on donating these to my group, World of Charity Stitching, so they can be used to make a child's quilt for our charities.
If you haven't visited the Cotton Blossom Farm website, please take a look at some of the fabulous fabrics they have for sale.
Harry Potter Quilt for Love Quilts
I stitched up Hedwig for the upcoming quilt for Charlie. These are free patterns that the members of Love Quilts are stitching to make a quilt for Charlie.
"Charlie has Asperger's along with the brain tumor, so he gets deeply involved with his interests. Charlie envisions his "bad cells" as Voldemort, with his body fighting them like Harry Potter and his friends with their wands. It's interesting to me how well HP "works" as his current obsession. HP and Voldemort were deeply connected- a little Voldemort in HP, so fighting one hurts the other (surgery and chemo).
And the big thing that struck me while reading the first book aloud with Charlie: Harry Potter was "the boy who lived," which is exactly what I want
Charlie to be. Thank you all again. I am having a hard time communicating how much this means to us. The squares are coming along beautifully."
(from Charlie's Mom, Karen)
These are some of the items I've been working on this summer. I've not posted for a while, as we went on vacation recently to Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. It is certainly beautiful country out west, but we were glad to get back home again.
Another finish for Love Quilts for a young boy who wanted frogs on his quilt.
This piece is a small part of approximately 29 other squares that will be made into a quilt for Thomas L. The stitched squares are made by ladies from all over the country and then mailed to a central location to be crafted into a quilt for a sick child. Check out Love Quilts if you are interested in helping bring a little comfort to a sick child.
Here it is almost June. I can't believe the summer is upon us. It was 98 degrees today.
I have been stitching, but I haven't posted lately what I've been doing.
Here is a Scroll Square that was designed for my group, World of Charity Stitching, by Kell of Kincavel Krosses. I finished this one a couple of weeks ago. Kell is a member of our group and was happy to design a square that the members could stitch to make a beautiful quilt. The varieties of colors and color schemes is amazing. Our group is stitching 36 of these squares in various colors and the quilt will be created by Bonnie, one of our talented quilters. The finished quilt will be delivered by Bonnie's daughter to a nursing home, where it will be loved by the senior who receives it.
I decided to stitch my square in shades of pink radiating from the center. I had thought about using varieated threads and even bought two colors to try, but I did not use them at this time, as I was afraid it wouldn't look nice. Maybe I'll try the new threads on a smaller piece for a tote bag.
