Showing posts with label Project Linus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project Linus. Show all posts

Sunday, April 22, 2012

S is for Sewing Scraps on Saturday

And those silly scraps spilled into Sunday!
Sorry to be so late with my "S" post!

Saturday my studio was filled with some salty Senoritas
who sewed so many scrap blocks it made my head spin!

We gathered together to sew blocks which will eventually be
made into quilts, then donated to Project Linus,
who in turn will lovingly gift them to children who are sick.  



Liz, Joanne, Pat, Eve, Jodie, Dolly, Jenny, Kathy, Mia  and Roberta (not pictured)
 had their heads down and were working intently!
Eve, the Phoenix West Valley Project Linus coordinator,  joined us today to
fill us in on how the quilts are distributed and all things Project Linus.
A job well done by all!
Thanks ladies!
These are some of the blocks that we cut and sewed in the studio on Saturday.
They are so bright and cheery!
This is what the Bullseye Quilt blocks look like when put together in a quilt.
and  features a scrappy foundation pieced border.
My kids used to take this quilt to camp with them and it has been well loved!



Another example of a scrappy Bullseye Quilt made in school colors.



One of my favorite scrappy Bullseye quilts made to look like
Sunflowers in a field using a blue background like the sky,
a green circle for leaves, a yellow circle for the flower and
a brown circle for the flower's center.

There goes Eve with a smile on her face
and her hands full of quilts
that will someday find a new home
wrapped around a child who needs a hug.

This is MY favorite Scrappy Sewer!
Not quite 2 years old and already comfortable sitting in front of the sewing machine.
Luckily her little legs don't permit her feet to reach the pedal yet!

Tune in Tomorrow for a terrific "T" tutorial.
God Bless,  tammy

Sunday, March 13, 2011

HeartString Quilts 1st Charity Sew-In

What a great day!
We had a very successful first  Charity Sew-In today!
My friend Kathy and I have been talking about doing this for some time
and today we finally DID IT!

Kathy arrived at my house with a TON of fabric
and started right away started making Kits!
Kathy is known as the Kit Queen......today she EARNED the title!

My daughter Jenny and granddaughter Mia came to help,
along with Berta and her daughter Mo, Sharon, Cheryl,
Sally, Joanne, Katrina, and Lindsay.


We had a kit making station, sewing station, ironing station,
longarm station and design station
and finished 3 quilt tops, almost finished a fourth,
quilted one top and MADE 32 KITS complete with backing!


Berta worked on this top for Camp Reach for the Stars.


Monique worked on sorting 5 " squares.


Cheryl, Berta and Sharon put the pedal to the metal
 and made those sewing machines HUM!



Jenny and Kathy and Sally (not pictured here)
worked on cutting 1 yard pieces of fabric,
color coordinating that fabric, choosing an appropriate pattern and
combining them into beautiful kits!

Monique (and Lindsay not pictured here)
took a turn at longarming.


and of course had her turn working with Mia!

Joanne matching up squares
and sewing them all together.

Quilting all finished on this one.

3 finished quilt tops ready for backs and quilting.


32 QUILT KITS!!!!

We really did have a fun day.
Some of us took a couple of kits home so we can
sew them and bring them back to be quilted and ultimately
donated to Project Linus.
So if you are reading  this and live in the Phoenix area,
come on by and pick up a quilt kit to sew and donate!

God Bless!

tammy